Describe Yourself Aging
by Michael Feeley
We are all aging. There’s no way around it. But we can ground and inspire ourselves by exploring how we actually feel, think, and talk to ourselves about growing older, then finding a tangible and unique way to define our aging selves.
Discover your own language, your own personal truth, rather than inherit society’s often diminishing vocabulary about growing old.
Try this 4-step exercise to move from stream-of-consciousness reflection down to your essential facts about aging. Explore and be curious without judging yourself.
1. Write 300 words describing yourself aging.
2. Then distill it into two strong sentences.
3. Reduce it once more into one simple sentence.
4. Finally, land on one word that captures who you are as an aging adult.
Vintage. That’s me. I’m vintage. Getting better with age.
This assignment honors your individual complexity while helping you find your own empowering story. It’s the opposite of the status quo or your inner bully telling you what aging means. It’s you telling yourself who you’re becoming on your terms.
And… you may be surprised and pleased by your answer, as it may differ from what you initially thought about describing yourself aging.
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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This also matters – Aging Connects.
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