5 hobbies to delay aging:
1. A hobby that keeps you healthy
2. A hobby that brings you peace
3. A hobby that helps you stay creative
4. A hobby to connect with other people
5. A hobby that forces you to learn and grow
You don't need 20 random hobbies. You just need one from each of these pillars.
Iโm rarely serious on here. But as a neuroscientist, I would say the simple โviolate your normal routineโ move, such as taking a different route to or home from work, is the single easiest way to address these effects.
The older I get, the more I realize that anxiety comes from trying to live in two places at once. Replaying yesterday. Rehearsing tomorrow. All while trying to live right now. It's exhausting. Come back to the present. Handle the two feet right in front of you. You don't need to fix your whole life today. You need to take the next right step. Then another. That's the recipe.
Iโm a retired brain surgeon and I wanna tell you why you feel like life is passing by. I just need one minute to explain this to you so hang in there.
Repetitive daily routines stop the brain from recording clear detailed memories. When every day looks the same, your brain does not track time the same as a clock does. It tracks change. If nothing new happens then days, months, and years start to blur together.
This is know as Time compression. When life lacks variety, your brain compresses past days together, making it feel like time is sped up.
To stop feeling like life is passing you by, add new experiences to your life. Break routine habits, like changing your daily home routine, taking a different route to work, or trying a new hobby.
Schedule small trips or plan new adventures so your days do not blend together.
Practice mindfulness by staying fully focused on what you are doing right now and not trying to race off to the next task.
Keep a journal and write down happy memories or memorable parts of the day before you go to sleep.
Take deep, calm breaths when you feel anxious or rushed to return your focus to the moment.
You can and you will retrain your brain to not feel like life is passing you by by following these few simple measures.
Before @NASARoman, New Horizons gave us humanity's clearest look at the Kuiper Belt with its 2019 flyby of Arrokoth, the farthest object explored by spacecraft.
Over to you, Nancy.
Watch the new telescope launch: https://t.co/mlXwFT3cIh
The US is a divided country. The Waffle House Line divides the nation into a syrupy southern paradise and a dry waffle-free north. Source: https://t.co/sNFF25YVsY
A key anniversary for college students: OTD in 1958, Momofuku Ando developed Chicken Ramen, the first-ever instant noodles. In the wake of postwar food shortages in Japan, he came up with the idea while watching his wife make tempura, realizing he could dry and preserve noodles.