Jancee Dunn in "3 Steps to Age Exuberantly" summarizes a conversation with Margareta Magnusson, author of “The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You”. The key recommendations:

• Embrace kärt besvär (be thankful, even for pain) — "... see every nuisance as something that I must find a way to cherish ..."
• Surround yourself with the young — ... “Just ask them questions. Listen to them. Give them food. Don’t tell them about your bad knee again.”
• Say “yes” whenever possible — ... actively recognize your “internalized ageism” and fight against it ... Saying “yes” as often as you can ... “is in effect saying ‘yes’ to life — being curious and exploratory, being part of community.”

Yes, and ...

(cf Aging Brain (2018-02-05), ...) - ^z - 2023-01-26