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Do you have any senior hobbies?

Are you fifty years of age or older?

Have you ever looked into any seniors hobbies?

Let me tell you why you should!

1.Hobbies for seniors are dependable prescriptions for

improving physical health.

2.They're even accused of increasing age longevity.

3.They fine tune your mental mechanisms and help keep them

crisp and sharp.

4.They open new doors for your social life.

5.And they're guilty of filling your days with zing.

We'll talk about zing later!

There are more pastimes that could qualify as senior hobbies

than you can shake the proverbial stick at. The candidates

are virtually numberless.

Here are some categories that somebody, somewhere, is

already engaging in as a hobby.

Antiques/Arts and Crafts/Collecting any of thousands of

things/Cooking/Electronics/Games/Gardening/Internet

Hobbies/Literature/Scale Models/Music/Outdoor and Indoor

Activities/Photography/Performing Arts/Toys.

The interesting thing about all of the listed categories is

each group is chock full of sub categories.

What do you like to do? Do you enjoy playing golf or

tennis? Are you an avid grower of flowers? Does stamp

collecting start your juices flowing. Is the thought of

cooking gourmet meals your answer to friends coming for

dinner?

Whatever you are enthusiastic about you will find other

people just as eager as you are to learn more about and

discuss at length. Some seniors hobbies involve ball room

dancing. There are probably groups in your very

area doing it on a regular basis. They'd welcome you with

open arms, literally.

The physical and mental exercise involved in senior hobbies

can do wonders for you. As a matter of fact, physical

workouts at a gym, or just walking in the neighborhood can

be the answer to your well being.

You'll be able to meet other seniors feeling just as

enthusiastic about your hobby as you are. Once you decide

upon a hobby area of interest, check the local newspaper.

Look for the mention of gatherings, or information about

others doing the same hobby.

Medical science has learned recently about the physical and

mental connection in the human body. For example, if the

hobby you are interested in requires a minimal of physical

activity, you will still benefit physically from the mental

activity.

How?

The mental stimulation of engaging in a senior hobby you

enjoy, translates into a form of physical activity. Not as

emphatic as a strenuous workout in a gym.

But researchers tell us that it still creates virtual,

physical effort at the cellular level. The physical

responses may be subtle, but the benefits of it are

nevertheless felt by the body.

Finally, lets talk about zing. No, it's not a far eastern

philosophy from asia. The best definition of zing would be

to categorize it as your feelings about the life you lead.

Do you awake each morning with an eagerness for the day

ahead?

Or are you just as weary as when you laid down the night

before? Do you want to mentally spring out of bed and

charge full bore into the newly born day?

Or do you dawdle in bed trying to put off getting up and

going through another boring daily routine? Do you actually

look forward to bedtime in the evening so you can fall

asleep again?

If your answers to the latter questions are yes…then my

friend you need the zing, and all else, that a senior hobby

will give your life. You are in serious need of enthusiasm,

anticipation and the social companionship that a senior

hobby will bring into your life.

Start a senior hobby today!

Go for it!