What is ‘healthy aging’ to you?

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Williams, 86th Medical Operations Squadron mental health technician, sits on a mental health counselor’s couch on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 14, 2017. Williams believes the key to healthy aging is to train herself to continue learning new things. “When you’re young, it’s easier for you to learn things. It becomes harder as you get older, but the best thing to do about it is to train your brain to continue learning things. It helps your brain stay young. My mom is one of those people, she calls herself the “Renaissance Woman” because she tries so many different things. She does archery, she writes; right now, she’s painting and she’s never painted before! I could never imagine her mind getting old, and it influences me to be better.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Savannah L. Waters)

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