Japanese Advice for the Elderly Aging Hints from Hinohara Shigeaki Born 1911 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (translated and adapted from Tanoyaku, Vol 38, June, 2007)
- Emphasize love, not hate
- Recognize your imperfection but aim to improve
- Try something new
- Focus your attention; don’t waste time thoughtlessly
- Find a model person to imitate
- Seek to empathize
- Value encounters with others
- Maintain small eating habits
- But don’t be neurotic about diet; enjoy food
- Walk; use stairs as much as possible
- Participate in group sport activities
- Enjoy leisure; avoid a life with only work
- Handle stress by exercising; walk, play
- Take responsibility for your own behavior
- Change habits when necessary; don’t be obsessed with maintaining habits
