I think it’s important everyone who visits my site gets a sneak peek at some of my past work.  Here is an article I wrote about anti aging, just for display on this website.  (But as usual, people will take the main meat of the message and re-post it elsewhere.  That is just the nature of the Internet.)

Anti Aging Checklist – Things you need to remember in order to age well.

Aging is something many people loathe.  I never worried about aging until I reached age 30 and looked in the mirror.  I felt that at age 30, I reached a serious plateau.  I cried at first, but then when my friends surprised me with a party at my favorite local restaurant and lounge, I was filled with joy.  However, on this special day, the serious look in the mirror led me to write down many things that I felt had changed in my body since my 25th birthday.

I realized I was not as flexible as I used to be.  I realized my eyes started to have some expression lines showing, that needed to be attended to immediately before my face looked like a crows foot!  My muscles were not as defined, and I certainly had lost a step in my jogging routine.  Granted, I had been working instead of being a free spirited college student, but these subtle hints that I was aging told me I needed to address certain things in my lifestyle and change them.  Here is a checklist I made after giving this some serious consideration.

• Consume foods and beverages with high levels of antioxidants.  No more junk food on a daily basis.  I decided that chips, nachos, and fried food were best left for the weekend.  If I eat healthy from Monday to Friday evening, I feel that is a step in the right direction. Weekends are meant to be enjoyed, and when I don’t have to think about what is going into my body from Friday – Sunday, I enjoy my free time thoroughly.
• It’s time to get serious about an anti aging regimen.  This meant getting serious about using an eye cream on a daily basis, a wrinkle cream to help smooth out fines lines that were just starting to get involved in my face, and a moisturizer on a daily basis.  I also added a deep peeling once per month in order to clear my face of dead skin cells, which make the skin look discolored and unhealthy when not removed from the skin’s surface.  I later added my favorite anti aging product, the Elite Serum, to my routine and noticed a visible reduction in the appearance of dark circles under my eyes.
• Exercise was an area of life I felt I had to step up in.  I incorporated a daily walk into my routine.  If I woke up just 30 minutes earlier and walked around my community, I would not lose time in any other activity I had planned for the day.  What is hard about waking up thirty minutes earlier in the grand scheme of things?\
• Drink more water to promote more energy and rejuvenate the skin.  I typically did not enjoy drinking water due to two factors:  one, the tap water in South Florida contains a high amount of iron, and two, bottled water can get expensive when you drink massive amounts of it.  I solved this buy investing in a water dispenser.  I haven’t looked back since.  Having fresh, cold water at my disposal is a luxury in life I appreciate.

Here we are, years later, and this checklist still sits perched on my desk for me to remember.  Not a day goes by that I am at home and don’t take a look at this checklist.  I can say I have more energy, better skin, and a better outlook on life after incorporating the main points of my checklist into my daily routine.  May this serve as a guideline to anyone out there reaching an aging plateau who is looking for direction.

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