Health and Fitness Journal

My 50th birthday is rapidly approaching next month and whilst for some people the thought of turning 50 scares the living hell out of them, I’m actually quite excited. Throughout my life I have always maintained a healthy diet and exercised. My body feels fit and my mind feels even younger. One thing that also excites me about hitting the big five oh is the fact that I am only five years away from being able to join one of the 55+ communities.

I am not sure whether you have heard of these before but they are fantastic communities of people over the age of 55 who live in either apartments, condos, townhouses or the like, kind of like a retirement village but a lot more fun. From what I have read some of these places have some really wonderful activities for staying healthy, from Yoga to Pilate’s, they even have billiard rooms for the men.

Whilst I am still totally capable of taking care of myself, they also offer emergency assistance to those people who make suffer a fall or are in need of some other kind of urgent medical assistance. Great peace of mind if you ask me. I also think my children are quite thrilled for me too. Well, probably they are probably just thrilled they won’t have to look after me when I get older!