Five Challenges With Aging People Don’t Prepare For (What to Do About It)

How you prepare for old age matters.

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Aging is a dreaded but inevitable part of life that comes with lots of challenges.

Unfortunately, most people don’t prepare for these challenges until they begin to experience them.

However, whether it’s changes in physical health, cognitive function, or social circumstances, you can take steps to better prepare for them.

1 — Regret of What’s Undone

One of the things people don’t prepare for as they get older is the nagging regrets for the things they didn’t get to do when they had the time.

Opportunities knock on our doors during our youthful years. How we respond to them often determines the course of our lives.

Propelled by youthful energy and enthusiasm, we eagerly seize some of these opportunities and let others slip through our fingers for various reasons.

However, there are opportunities or goals we know we should take but fail to do because we’re afraid they won’t work or because we’re worried about what people will say.

Research on older people shows that these missed opportunities and unfulfilled goals and dreams often lead to…