30 Women Are Sharing The Best Hacks That Make Life Easier When You Get Older

This is so important. I have friendships that I have maintained and I'm very glad I did or I would be lonely as hell. Even though they live in other countries or far away, it's nice to know there's a friend out there who's got your back and loves you no matter what. I count myself lucky to have such friends.

I think I may have lost too many friends over the years through self-isolation. Hopefully I have a few that I can salvage.

I hate how cultural unacceptable being alone is. I do not have friends. I do not want friends. I like being alone, I like quiet, I like me... This idea that everyone needs a group of people to do s**t with is toxic. Some of us would much rather be alone and that should be okay.

Friends are people who want something from you but otherwise ignore you. I'll continue to be a loner thank you!

This is important…but HOW??? I’m a SAHM, my kids all at school now, all my old friend have returned to work or moved away, working isn’t an option for me but anyone else who is around have young babies and are in different life stages so we don’t have much in common and so many thing I use to do are still off because of Covid. How do I make new friends?

I agree with this so much! I am 61 now, and I look back on pictures of me in my younger days, when I thought I was fat, or not as pretty as I wanted to be, and think WOW! I should have appreciated myself and my body more. So, I'm trying to do that now... now there are times when I look in the mirror and see my olderness, and I remind myself to be grateful for this amazing body, which still looks pretty good, and who is still strong and healthy and well! I'm so thankful!

A while ago I looked at my teenage photos. Why did I believe them that I was "fat"? I had a visible belly, that's all. Fvck bullies.

Great advice wish I'd read it when I was young

Love this picture

OMG yes!! Still trying to get my mom to get rid of stuff. My sister in law has worked with her for several years and she has donated carloads of toys, books, clothing etc and the house still seems bursting. I gotta say having had to clean out a house after my friend died makes me purge a lot from my own life.

YES!!! Im 53 and do NOT thrive on lots of stuff .. get rid of your junk and make life simple!!!

Trying to convince SO to get rid of stuff. It's not hoarding, like stuff piled to the ceiling, but... why do we have four pillows on each bed... and one of those bedrooms also has a chair (one of two chairs that are too big for the bedroom) with four more pillows piled on it... along with four more pillows stored in a spare room... which has five bookshelves filled with stuff that hasn't been used for years and years... if at all. Then there's our closets...

It’s spelled crap

So true!!! Let the past be the past - you don’t need objects to remind you of your kids, dinner parties, your own parents, your past job, etc. Take pictures and donate. And don’t expect your relatives to be happy about cleaning out your crap when you have to move to assisted living.

Take care of your sensory system

I wear them to bed. The sweet silence is addictive.

I always wear them at the movie theater and on airplanes.

I have special plugs made for musicians (I'm not one). I wear them when I'm at the movies or conserts. Makes the volume level more comfortable.

I have Loop brand earplugs. They are sooo comfortable, and block out the excess noise, yet you’re able to hear conversations very well. I wore them to a concert, and the music sounded so much better. The music was very distorted, and hurt my ears without them. I have very sensitive ears, and I find these earplugs are amazing.

Yes yes sunscreen. And if you're under 30, take extra calcium (calcium citrate), your bones will thank you forty years on. Maximum I think is 2 grams a day, take it with magnesium (200 mg), vitamin D3 (25 microgram) and K2 (100 microgram) for best effect.

Stay out of the sun??? then why wear sunscreen? I love the summer, and stay in the sun, but wear sunscreen.

If you need medication and you can afford it? To need to put it that way is sad and actually appalling.

True

What is a regular drinker?

I think what you're never prepared for is how much friendships break and fade away after uni. Everyone is married or taken up with life that you don't talk anymore. I talk to probably just one or two persons regularly.

Only my family know me, and a handful of friends.

We had the 50th Anniversary of our Graduation class from High School, have linked up now with a few of my old classmates - co-ed - also with my secret 'crush', who is now a great friend, very supportive. So great to have friends with whom you can talk about old times.

A long walk, vigorous gardening and a bit of stretching. I have to confess I only do this when the weather is fine... I get lumpy and lazy in the winter.

I have heard this before and have been working on balance for a while. At 64, my balance continues to get better.

I try to work on my balance a bit every day, you can never have too much balance. SO many old people hurt themselves badly due to falling when their balance deteriorates drastically.

Yes physical balance and stretch. If your body is too stiff it makes falls even more likely. Yoga is great for both.

Yeah, my disabled body can’t make it 15 steps without causing issues. Be mindful, one misstep can result in long term medical issues snd if in America, can literally cost you everything you own