| My temples begin to throb and I can feel
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| | frighten us. The simple tasks of living
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| the panic rising in my throat, as I sit
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| | take up more and more of our time.
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| in the classroom. The minutes tick by and
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| | Formal, effortful learning becomes an
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| I still don't know what he's talking
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| | ever more distant memory. This really
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| about. I look around the class and
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| | means that proactive, self- guided,
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| everyone else seems calm. It's just me.I
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| | healthy change becomes less and less
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| rifle through my scribbled notes, race
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| | likely. More of our time is spent
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| through sections of his handout, and burn
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| | passively responding to our environment
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| holes through the diagram in the book. No
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| | rather than actively remaking it.To age
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| help; I'm getting more lost and
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| | healthily, the most important thing you
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| desperate. Heart pounding, my thoughts go
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| | can do is to not smoke cigarettes or
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| NASCAR. I don't need this crap. It's
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| | drink too much alcohol. The second thing
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| Saturday and I should be with my family;
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| | is to exercise regularly. The third is to
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| or giving a lecture; not sitting in the
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| | keep learning. Research has shown that
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| back of the room. I feel stupid, out of
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| | our brains tend to shrink and our
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| control, and childish. A trickle of sweat
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| | cognitive function to decline as we age.
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| runs down my back and finds my underwear.
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| | The hardware of experience lies in the
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| Great.As we age, hopefully we feel more
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| | nerve cells of the brain.Over time, brain
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| mature. We gain wisdom from our
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| | cells decay and network connections are
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| experiences with the memories of decade's
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| | broken. But, every time you learn
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| worth of success and failure to guide our
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| | something, a new connection, a new
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| decisions. We become a little less
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| | pathway is formed in the network of your
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| freaked out by what other people think; a
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| | brain. Some researchers believe that
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| little more comfortable doing it our way.
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| | learning in older adulthood is the most
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| We settle into the familiar rhythms of
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| | important element in avoiding dementia or
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| our lives. If married with kids, we can
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| | Alzheimer's disease. A learning brain is
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| view the drama and machinations of young,
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| | replacing decaying neurons and broken
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| single adults with a mixture of amusement
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| | memory connections with new ones,
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| and condescension. And some of this sense
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| | healthier ones. It's better than
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| of superiority is completely illusory.The
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| | Botox.You should be pushing the envelope
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| truth is that most of us are simply a
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| | and testing the boundaries throughout
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| divorce or spousal death away from that
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| | your life. On page 30 of my book,
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| same drama. The rhythms of daily hassle
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| | Stepping Stones: Ten Steps..., I
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| become the glaze over life's uncertain,
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| | discussed the Mastery Map, a hierarchical
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| rough spots. Simple experience and the
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| | list of challenging, scary things that
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| passage of time don't necessarily make us
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| | would be good for you if you did them.On
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| wiser or healthier. Just older.I started
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| | that list should be simple learning:Sign
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| a post doctoral Master's of Science in
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| | up for a class.Find a new hobby.Subscribe
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| Psychopharmacology last month and until
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| | to a magazine outside of your comfort
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| spring we're studying biochemistry. I
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| | zone.Go to a museum, exhibit, or
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| haven't taken a class like this in over
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| | planetarium.Look through the adult
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| 20 years and I am stunned to feel the
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| | education catalogs you get in the
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| same old angst, confusion, and panic that
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| | mail.Read the weekend, calendar section
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| I did back then. The difference is that
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| | of the paper for coming events.Splash
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| back then, I had more energy, more time,
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| | cold water on your face and stomp the
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| and more motivation. I was kind of used
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| | feeling back into your brain.Give
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| to feeling confused and panicky.In our
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| | yourself permission to wonder, to
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| childhood, teens, and 20s we are
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| | experience fear and awe again.Do you
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| constantly confronted with novel
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| | remember why the sky is blue?It is 6:30
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| experiences and brand new learning. We're
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| | a.m. Sunday morning and I just found out
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| reaching out, stretching the envelope,
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| | via e-mail that I passed my first
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| testing the boundaries. The challenge of
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| | biochemistry test. The rusted, creaking
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| uncertainty is around every corner; we
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| | machinery of my brain feels a little
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| still believe in our dreams.As we
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| | better oiled. Maybe the next time you or
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| progress through adulthood, we orient
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| | I challenge ourselves and feel that surge
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| ourselves toward the familiar.
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| | of fear rising, we'll know. I'm old
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| Increasingly, we unconsciously avoid
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| | enough to have purpose; and young enough
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| novel situations that challenge or
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| | to feel passion.
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