THE SECRET TO SLOWING DOWN AGING

There is actually a very real, very natural way to age very slowly, to slow down the life clock. It is so ridiculously easy and do-able, it's a wonder why most people don't do these things... 1-Very basic: Drink 10-12 glasses of water a day. This needs no explanation--just do it! 2-Obvious, another "duh": avoid cigarettes! If you smoke, knock it off, ASAP. Period. 3-Get into the habit of reading--everything intelligent, from the NY Times, to all types of nonfiction material, books. The mind that stays curious, eager to learn, ages very slowly. 4-Stretch your lower back, every day; keep your spinal column limber and long and flexible. Do yoga or any stretching techniques, but lengthen and limber up that lower back! 5-Go out running, three times a week, at minimum. Your lungs will expand; you will take in more air per breath, and your body will feel-and be-years younger than your birthdate says. Work up to five miles or more. Sweating while running is the best natural plastic surgery/botox there is. 6-If there is ANYTHING pressing on your mind-in fact, ANYTHING PERIOD-it is to go into a journal, a notebook for you to "bitch and moan"-or to celebrate your victories. Keep nothing in your head. Think of your head as a computer; do not fill up all the memory in it with excess crap; take it off the ol' hard drive, and send it all to flash drives. Let your journals be the "flash drives" you empty the contents of your head into! Thinking, dwelling on things, remembering, strategizing for life all age people; using mental energy that you cannot see is one of the secret drains of our youthfulness. Write out all your mental stuff, and leave it at home! 7-Make a list of everything you want in life; make a few copies of that list, and carry one with you as you go out in the world. When you are clear about what you want from this world, it becomes a narrow, clear-cut path to it. This makes the whole process of what life's all about very simple for you, and will keep you much younger. Write the list of all your wants! 8-Make, and write a list of, all the plans you can think of, to get each item on your list of wants/goals. Put down every strategy you think of, from the most preposterous to the most conservative. Fill your list with all your ideas for getting everything you want! 9-Exercise every day, even if it's just for 15 minutes; work on your stomach/waist, legs, back, and arms. 10-Learn to breathe properly. Fill your lower ribs with air, on every inhalation. Practice this deep breath when you wake up; do it as needed throughout the day. When you are breathing, send the air to your lower ribs. 11-Avoid fried food. 12-Make it a habit to talk to yourself on paper: "What's wrong with me?"; "Why don't I have what I want yet?"; "What's urgent, on my mind, now?"; ask questions of yourself only you are brave enough to answer to...on paper. Unclutter your mind of stuff; put it all in the journal. I cannot emphasize this enough. Two weeks of doing this will show you all you need to know. 13-Always keep talking about your aspirations to people--whether you've accomplished them or not. Always keep the world knowing that you are still in the fight; someone may know someone who can make your path easier to your goals. As long as you keep talking about it, you will edge closer to what you want. 14-Always, every day, do SOMETHING to get closer to what you goals. Even if it's the "smallest quarter-inch forward", it's still forward movement-closer to them. And write down each "quarter-inch" progress you made that day; celebrate this by putting it in your journals. Self-congratulations boost your spirit; this keeps you younger, and fires you up for your next round of battles with the world on the way to all the things you want. 15-Be touched-a lot! Be around someone, or people, who touch you, as much as you want, in all the ways you like to be touched, and in all the parts of you that you want/need to be touched. Collect all the skin contact you need, to get you through the day. 16-ALWAYS keep pursuing sex and love, whether you've been successful in finding it or not. The pursuit of love and sex keeps you young, regardless of whether you have found it or not. A little-known secret: it's the continued pursuit-through the regular interactions and exchange of human electrical energy with people-that keeps you young. This is because, subconsciously, everyone knows that the pursuit of love and sex entails eventually finding it; if and when your partner is found, sex is a VERY youthful activity. No explanation is needed here. Continue the pursuit; success is a spectacular bonus! Keep hunting! So, reader, you wanna stay young? Well, it takes effort: Do all the above! Period!