1. What is your personal definition of succesful aging? How has this definition changed from the beginning of the semester?
Successful aging involves living a life that you are satisfied with. After taking this course, I consider successful aging to include both mental and physical characteristics. One can be extremely fit physically but if the person is unhappy with life, it's not a situation that I consider to be conducive to successful aging.
2. What was one topic or fact that you found to be the most interesting throughout the semester?
I found the topic of centenarians to be fascinating. Watching the Georgia Centenarian Study and listening to Dr. Martin was very worthwhile.
3. What is one aspect of successful aging that you would like to continue learning about?
How to age successfully throughout every stage of life. This is especially hard with currently being a college student living with a lot of stress but hopefully things will change after I finish school!
4. Has any of the information that we've discussed in class change your perspective about successful aging? (i.e. Are there any behaviors that you will or will not do as a result of learning about aging?)
I found it pertinent that starting a healthy life routine early may help increase longevity. The fact that a majority of the centenarians had the personality characteristic of persistence was also surprising. Possibly being more persistent will help with better aging? Just a thought. I'm not sure if I would actually attempt this or not.
Overall, this seminar was very interesting and I learned a lot about aging. It has been one of my favorite seminars at Iowa State University.
Lynn, what a great definition of successful aging.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed the seminar and for the kind words. I wasn't sure what to expect myself, but thankfully was lucky to have a great group for the seminar :)
Have a great summer!