{"id":140,"date":"2016-06-22T07:30:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2016-05-25T14:04:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T20:04:59","slug":"whats-important-on-your-bucket-list-or-should-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/whats-important-on-your-bucket-list-or-should-be\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s important on your bucket list &#8230; or should be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because many retirees are healthier and wealthier than those of previous generations, their bucket lists sometimes look like travel logs.<\/p>\n<p>Marc E. Agronin, a geriatric psychiatrist in Miami, asks &#8220;What&#8217;s not to love about a life of dream vacations?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His answer: &#8220;After talking with patients and colleagues, rather than feeling exhilarated by a life of adventures, they often end up feeling depressed and disconnected.&#8221; Dr. Agronin is the author of How We Age: A Doctor&#8217;s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old.<\/p>\n<p>As we travel and soak up new experiences, we may lose track of what really matters: connections with family, friends and community. The high from an adventure doesn&#8217;t last. We may see our time between trips as boring interludes, and our trips as escapes from fears or failures.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us finally give up the bucket list and spend time with family and friends. According to Dr. Agronin, this tends to be more satisfying.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Agronin says chasing bucket-list thrills ignores a deep psychological truth: You don&#8217;t need to make yourself happier in old age. We get happier naturally as we grow older.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because many retirees are healthier and wealthier than those of previous generations, their bucket lists sometimes look like travel logs. Marc E. Agronin, a geriatric psychiatrist in Miami, asks &#8220;What&#8217;s not to love about a life of dream vacations?&#8221; His answer: &#8220;After talking with patients and colleagues, rather than feeling exhilarated by a life of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-health-and-wellness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}