My friend Zoe and I have spent the last two years reading and exploring books and other content about brain health, brain plasticity, and ways people can stay mentally fit as they age.

We started with books that concerned the longer lifespan we are experiencing in Western cultures. We realized that living to 100 or more was becoming more common, and that the old model that had people retiring at 65 and essentially stepping aside for the next generation while losing health and mental acuity until we died in our 70s or 80s, was no longer valid.

Yay!

We have continued to work together and discuss what this means in current lifestyle practice and in finding a purpose after "retirement". Eduscapes is a result of this collaboration.

Today I wanted to highlight a book by Sanjay Guptda, MD where doctor Gupta uses solid science to tell us that we don't have to fall into mental decline. The book is really great. I've been listening to it on my Rokuten kobo app.

I'd like to encourage you to read this book yourself. Zoe is on a short break from the university where she teaches, so I am hoping we can get back to recording our conversations about life-long learning and the things we are discovering that make us feel very optimistic and excited about living our second adulthood to the max.