Life Expansion is a concept I use to describe what life was like in our teens and twenties. Each year we did more, experienced more and had high hopes and aspirations for the future. Somewhere along the line, after having our lives run by the unconscious, we lost that zest for life. Our once upward trajectory flattened and we resigned ourselves to living a nice uneventful mediocre life. Of course - some of that is due to our pre-frontal cortex which completed its formation around age 26 bringing on an aversion to risk and second-guessing ourselves leading to self-doubt so we wouldn't suffer the emotional pain of making a mistake.
For people over 50, we have a tremendous opportunity to lean into this change. We have learned to navigate seamlessly between the analog and digital worlds, between existing online behind a keyboard and stepping into Real Life with real interactions. Coupled with the notion that a fifty-year-old today, has a high likelihood of living past 90, there is a built-in incentive. I can't imagine anyone living a life that resembles waiting to die for forty years.
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