{"id":2052,"date":"2016-08-05T05:30:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T12:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2016-08-05T06:17:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T13:17:18","slug":"self-efficacy-and-sharp-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=2052","title":{"rendered":"The Dumaflache in the Drawer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x15015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x15015.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x1501\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2057\" \/><\/a>Retirement Myth #6: Retired people are not as mentally sharp as young people.<\/p>\n<p>While it is true that young people have sharper vision, better hearing, quicker reaction times and better short-term memory than seniors, Dr. Rowe says we can compensate for all of these.<\/p>\n<p>The lead doctor in the MacArthur Foundation study on aging goes on to say we can do things to promote strong mental function. Things like regular physical activity, a strong social support system and belief in \u201cone\u2019s ability to handle what life has to offer\u201d (Rowe calls this \u201cself-efficacy\u201d) help seniors maintain \u201csharp mental ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s encouraging because I get the short-term memory thing. Why is it I can remember the phone numbers of childhood friends from the 50s (Swatzell is 3075, Scott is 3010 and Susan is 4444) but not the name of the dumaflache I want Charlotte to bring me?<\/p>\n<p>Me: \u201cYou know, the dumaflache. It\u2019s in the drawer next to the hammer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her: \u201cYou want what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Me: \u201cThe dumaflache. You know, it tightens things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her: \u201cDo you mean the pliers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Me: \u201cYeah, that\u2019s it. Bring me the dumaflache.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I need to work on self-efficacy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retirement Myth #6: Retired people are not as mentally sharp as young people. While it is true that young people have sharper vision, better hearing, quicker reaction times and better short-term memory than seniors, Dr. Rowe says we can compensate for all of these. The lead doctor in the MacArthur Foundation study on aging goes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}