Mini-vacations are an easy way to take a "break" from aging.

This creative 92-year-old shares how she designed hers.

Aging is challenging, and a short time-out can be rejuvenating.

My 92-year-old friend Anne Wennhold told me recently that she took a “mini-vacation” from the aging process. Why in the world would a 92-year-old take a break from aging?

Well, Anne is no “normal” ager. After retiring, she co-led multi-day eldering retreats for years, but decided in her late 80s that the travel involved was just too much. These days her work is conducted largely via Zoom. Periodically she offers an online class about the individual’s “tasks of aging” into their late 80s and 90s

I asked her once if I could join in, but she said I was too young. “You change a lot in your 80s—physically, mentally, and spiritually,” she said, “and younger people don’t get it yet.”

An avid writer herself, Anne has a couple memoir-writing groups she’s facilitated for........

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