Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

The World of a Busy Writer and Active Octogenarian with Marjorie Burns

15 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this candid monologue, an octogenarian (Marjorie Burns) shares her philosophy of staying active by doing the activities she enjoys rather than following conventional fitness routines. She expresses a preference for outdoor pursuits and rock‑climbing gyms over traditional gyms, noting that she climbs indoor walls when she can and recently reached the top again. She highlights the joy of cycling, describing how a retired judge friend feels like a ten‑year‑old on a bike, and she echoes that feeling when she rides effortlessly herself. She also mentions seasonal skiing near her mountain home, emphasizing that gliding over snow makes her forget her age. The overall message is that purposeful, pleasure‑driven movement keeps her feeling youthful and engaged despite being 80‑plus.

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keep doing the things you like. I'm active. I don't like gyms particularly, except for rock climbing gyms, but I have nothing against them. Other people do. So I go outside as much as I can. I climb indoors on the climbing wall, not as much as I should, but I just did it again to the top the other day, saying I've got to keep doing this if I'm going to say I do it. But mostly, I do things because I want to. I have a friend in the community, a retired judge, a little younger than I, who says when he's on a bicycle, he feels like a 10-year-old kid again. And exactly, I'm on my bicycle, just flying along effortlessly. And the same when the snow is right where I live near the mountains, you can go out on skis. You can just skim over the world. You don't feel 80.