What are some behaviors that people in their 50s may engage in that are not necessarily in their best interests?
A netizen recently asked, “What’s a common mistake people make in their 50s?”. Here are the top responses.
Not Exercising
“Not exercising. It really makes me sad watching friends and coworkers really struggling physically.”
Refusing To Let Their Adult Children Fail
“Refusing to let their adult children fail at stuff.”, said one.
“This one. My parents basically handing me a 6-month eviction notice from their house when I was 24 was probably one of the best, but hardest parenting moves they ever made, and at 34 now, I’m really grateful they did it.”, another added.
Thinking That They’re Old
“Thinking that they’re old. They’re not – I’m in my 60’s now, but my 50’s were my favorite years.”
Starting A Second Family
“Starting a 2nd family. My dad married his 3rd wife (24 years his junior) and proceeded to have 3 more children. He was 72 when his oldest child graduated high school. Died broke and broken at 80 years old.
Would run far away from starting a second family in your 50’s.”
Thinking It’s Too Late To Do Something Great
“Thinking it’s too late to go back to school, make a career change, move, or do anything else that would greatly improve their life because of their age.”
Continue Smoking & Not Managing Their Weight
“Continue smoking and letting their weight get out of hand.”
Overdoing Physically Demanding Chores
“Overdoing it with physically demanding chores – moving furniture, cutting down trees, painting ceilings, etc. You’ll pay, oh *you’ll pay…*”
Being Ignorant About Inflation
“Being ignorant of the fact that inflation exists, my dad is in his late 50’s and thinks that making 100k a year is like a lot of money… Hello Dad, we live in the Bay Area. 100k doesn’t take me far if I wanna own a house out here…”
Falling Victim To Nostalgia
“Falling victim to nostalgia. Yes, it was great that we all rode our bikes everywhere and knew what a mimeograph machine was and blah blah blah, but the world keeps moving and every day there are amazing new artistic, cultural, and technological developments.
Looking at the world through a lens distorted by nostalgia ossifies your thinking. Nothing makes you act more like an old person than being absorbed by nostalgia.
Nostalgia is also easily manipulated. Look at all of the people who have used nostalgia for the (impossibly perfect) past as a way of getting older people to buy into retrograde politics and fear of (pick your group).
Nostalgia isn’t all bad, but pretty much categorically my contemporaries who have gone off into brain-dead stuff like QAnon are always the ones who are beholden to nostalgia.”
Being Afraid To Learn Something New
“Being afraid and refusing to learn something new. I’m starting hip-hop dance lessons in the fall.”
Thinking They Know Everything
“Thinking they know everything and don’t need to continue to learn and grow as a person.”
Eating Fast Food
“Nutrition. Eating fast food for instant gratification is a death trap.”
Getting Sedentary
“Getting sedentary. If you’re very overweight this is a critical decade to getting healthy. I was told that every class loses a person or two per decade between class reunions, but that decade between the 30th and 40th reunion sees a spike in losing classmates and this is happening to me right now.
The fifties is the decade where years of low activity and poor diet start to really catch up with you.”
Not Building Up Their Balance And Strength
“Not building up their balance and strength for their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Gravity is the number one killer of old people.”
Alienating Their Adult Children
“Alienating their adult children by trying to control them and/or not respecting that they’re adult humans with autonomy.”
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