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REFLECTIONS ON AGING WELL
A Retirement Lifestyle Blog for Living Your Best Life After 60
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The most inspiring love story isn't "Romeo and Juliet," who died together, but the couples who have grown old together, living out a true and enduring love.
To Jean, my wife, my best friend, my traveling partner, my confidant, and my inspiration, I hope this is the best birthday ever! I am so...

Larry Potter
Jan 17, 20251 min read


How to Look Younger, Stay Happy, and Remain Connected at 89
This month's trip back home to see my Mom in Tennessee was even more fun than usual because we celebrated her eighty-ninth birthday (I...

Larry Potter
Jan 16, 20252 min read


It's True: The Happiest People Are Indeed Those Who Express Gratitude.
I am thankful for my cup of coffee and my office, it's my quiet place early in the morning. Here is where I start my day by praising God...

Larry Potter
Jan 10, 20251 min read


A Man's Cologne Is To Be Quietly Discovered When People Get Near Them, Not A Megaphone Announcement That They Have Entered The Room!
Throughout the years, we have learned valuable lessons from our experiences, sayings passed down from our parents, insights from books,...

Larry Potter
Jan 7, 20251 min read


A 30-Second Test To See How You "Stand" On Getting Older In 2025
We can eat a balanced diet and have a balanced exercise routine and still miss out on how to prevent the number one cause of death in...

Larry Potter
Jan 1, 20251 min read


It's been years since I've been up to see the ball drop, but this year, I did it!
Fireworks woke me up at 11:50 pm. I flipped open my iPad and watched the ball drop. Back to sleep at 12:15 am. I love celebrations and parties as much as anyone, but I still don't get standing in the cold rain with a bunch of people you don't know watching a ball slither down a pole.. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our family and friends! 2025 is going to be amazing. Looking forward to savoring my last best bite in 2025!

Larry Potter
Jan 1, 20251 min read


How My Calendar Keeps Me From Being Stressed, Gets the Grandkids To Come Over, Keeps Me Healthy, Improves My Social Life, and Saves Me A Bunch Of Money
If you are one o f every three people who use a wall calendar, today you will need to run out and pick up a 2025 calendar. Why? Regardless of age, whether you use paper planners, go digital like me, or use any combination, it will most likely not get done if you don't put it on a calendar . Relying solely on memory often leads to important things slipping through the cracks. It doesn't matter what you say your priorities are; your calendar reveals the truth about what is i

Larry Potter
Dec 31, 20242 min read


“The quality of your relationships determines the quality of your life” Esther Perel
I look forward to my Monday morning men’s group, which is made up of mostly retired but still very active Christian businessmen,...

Larry Potter
Dec 31, 20241 min read


Our Story Is Not Over, But Sometimes We Have To Start Over To Live Our Best Story!
About seven weeks ago at the gym, while doing my warm-up on the treadmill, I was 2 1/2 miles into a good 5K pace (for me-46 minutes),...

Larry Potter
Dec 29, 20242 min read



Larry Potter
Dec 29, 20240 min read


Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Open Heart Surgeon Shall Keep Her From Making Our House Fun At Christmas Time!
A couple of weeks back, I had a heart valve replacement, which required open heart surgery. My thinking was 2-3 days in the hospital,...

Larry Potter
Dec 4, 20241 min read


When It Comes To Cognitive Skills Sometimes You Have To Fake It!
Are you as smart as a two-year-old? Malachi is constantly testing my cognitive skills. Sometimes I pass, but when I don't I fake it....

Larry Potter
Oct 25, 20241 min read


If All Our Friends Look, Act, and Think Like Us, Research Says, To Live A Longer And Better Life We Need To Make Some New Friends
Being an extrovert for most of my life and married to an introvert for forty-seven years, I consider myself an expert on both. My wife,...

Larry Potter
Oct 24, 20244 min read


What Do You Do When You Have Left Over Spaghetti w/Meatballs And Vegetable Soup? Make Spaghetti Soup!
Let's face it . It's difficult to make a great-tasting, high-protein, low-carb, low-sugar, low-sodium meal for only two people. So what...

Larry Potter
Oct 23, 20242 min read


Like Drinking From The Fountain Of Youth...Hanging With Teens!
What a great time we had yesterday at lunch with Layla (our granddaughter) and Riley, her boyfriend. They are so much fun to be with....

Larry Potter
Oct 21, 20241 min read



Larry Potter
Oct 20, 20240 min read


"I'm Living The Good Life"
I wanted to make you smile this morning... "I'm Living My Best Life!" I can relate. How about you? I am considering making this my new...

Larry Potter
Oct 19, 20241 min read


As we age, we tend to keep our activities between the goalposts of safe and comfortable. Yet the way to score the best life after sixty is by being risky and a little stressed.
What was the last thing you did that was fun but risky and caused some stress?

Larry Potter
Oct 12, 20241 min read


Family-Everything Else Can Wait!
When Jess (my daughter) texted to say my grandson, Isaac, was flying in from Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida, due to an...

Larry Potter
Oct 10, 20241 min read


How Do You Eat An Elephant?
Everything that seems overwhelming, and even impossible can be accomplished by taking on a little at a time. Sometimes, life after 60...

Larry Potter
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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