#socioemotional-selectivity

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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

Nobody talks about why people in their late 60s stop chasing anything and start saying no to invitations they would have killed for at 40, and it isn't that life got smaller, it's that they finally stopped auditioning for a life they already had - Silicon Canals

Older adults often say no to activities not out of withdrawal, but to prioritize emotional well-being and make honest edits to their lives.
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago
Psychology

Psychology says the reason older people stop caring isn't emotional withdrawal - it's that they've finally learned to distinguish between what actually matters and what they were only caring about out of social obligation - Silicon Canals

Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Psychology says people who become harder to be around as they get older aren't becoming more miserable - they're becoming less willing to absorb other people's discomfort at the expense of their own - Silicon Canals

Older adults prioritize emotionally meaningful relationships, leading to smaller social circles and active pruning of less fulfilling connections.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago
Wellness

8 unexpected blessings about aging only people over 70 will understand - Silicon Canals

People over seventy often experience liberation: freedom from others' judgments, clearer priorities, and unexpected peace that reshapes common expectations about aging.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

Nobody talks about why people in their late 60s stop chasing anything and start saying no to invitations they would have killed for at 40, and it isn't that life got smaller, it's that they finally stopped auditioning for a life they already had - Silicon Canals

Older adults often say no to activities not out of withdrawal, but to prioritize emotional well-being and make honest edits to their lives.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago

Psychology says the reason older people stop caring isn't emotional withdrawal - it's that they've finally learned to distinguish between what actually matters and what they were only caring about out of social obligation - Silicon Canals

Older individuals prioritize emotional connections over superficial relationships as they age, focusing on what truly matters in their lives.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Psychology says people who become harder to be around as they get older aren't becoming more miserable - they're becoming less willing to absorb other people's discomfort at the expense of their own - Silicon Canals

Older adults prioritize emotionally meaningful relationships, leading to smaller social circles and active pruning of less fulfilling connections.
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fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

I thought retirement meant freedom but what I found instead was a mirror, and what was looking back at me was a person I'd been avoiding for forty years - Silicon Canals

The coffee tastes the same at 7 AM on a Tuesday as it does on a Saturday. I learned this my second week of retirement. I was trying to convince myself that there was magic in unstructured mornings-no rush, no agenda, just me and the coffee and some vague sense of possibility. But magic requires you to be present, and I was doing everything I could not to be.
Mindfulness
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