It is a book written by Mr. Wada, a doctor, and this is the 10th book. There is a book that is read in conjunction with “Best Seller: The 80-Year-Old Wall” on the obi of the book, but according to records, it seems that I read it 2 years ago around August. The age of 70 seems to be the turning point of whether or not you can live a healthy life after that, and it seems that it will be determined by the way people live in their 60s.
According to Mr. Wada, it is good to play as a hobby for a few years after so-called retirement, but “it is good to keep working as long as possible,” and even when it comes to working, it seems that the time and amount of work during the active duty period is fine according to one's own convenience. Speaking of me, 2 years have passed since I retired, and although I don't work for a company, I'm glad I had an experience that I wouldn't be able to do if I had a normal job, such as becoming a sole proprietor or establishing a corporation, and I was able to leave my father behind.
According to this book, how to spend time in your 60s is very important, and I wanted to design a life without leaving any regrets while considering physical strength, eyesight, energy, resources, etc.
Below are the points I was concerned about.
・The reason I came up with the idea of publishing this book with the correct answer at age 70 is that in order to protect brain and physical health and overcome the 80-year-old barrier, the way of life in the 60s to 70s is extremely important. In order to shine for the last 20 years from age 80 as 100 years of life, tips from the 20 years before that are essential. Since people in their 60s and 70s are “70 years old,” I think I'll convey my own proposal under the title “70 Year Old Correct Answer” (p4)
・I will tell you how to live a more enjoyable and meaningful life, and the basic policy is not to “lament what you can't do,” but to “enjoy what you can do.” Instead of thinking that you can't do anything because you're old, I want to recommend a way of life where you can find what you can do (p6)
・Natto is the most effective food for obtaining high-quality vegetable protein, and it is also cheap (p20)
・The participation of the brain and blood vessels is regarded as one of the causes of Alzheimer's dementia, which accounts for about 70% of all dementia, and this is because vitamin C has the power to prevent it and has the power to cause a reducing effect (p25)
・Determining the time to wake up in the morning is important, and this leads to a good night's sleep, and what is important for “sleeping well at night” is to “set a fixed time to wake up in the morning” (p35)
・As a way to cheer up the brain, “2 times a week, 100 per year” challenges the first experience, counts even the smallest experience once, for example, buying a bento at a different store, etc., and the brain starts to move actively when it sees or tastes something unknown (p43)
・10 verbs for living well even in the COVID-19 era, a: walk, or: chew, ta: eat, do: relax, well: learn, and: help, etc: be optimistic, wow: laugh (p48)
・In terms of brain function, memory does not decline much until around age 75, and what declines rapidly is “motivation to remember” (p54)
・As a method for memorizing people's faces and names, when exchanging business cards, enter the opponent's name from the three organs of the eyes, mouth, and ears that “read the other person's name aloud” (p61)
・I recommend compound eye thinking, make a habit of looking at one thing positively or negatively with compound eye thinking, and look for weaknesses as well as strengths (p77)
・If you're over 60, the 60-point principle for life; if you don't have that much momentum, you can't make it all the way up your nephew's hill; from age 70, the 50-point principle is just right (p79)
・If you are irritated, stretch out a lot and close your eyes, then slowly take a big breath, slowly exhale, concentrate your attention only on breathing, and work to become mindless. Since the amount of oxygen taken in by deep breathing is “about 7 times” of normal breathing, a large amount of fresh air comes in, blood circulation improves, lack of oxygen in the brain is resolved, and the relaxation effect is also enhanced by reducing heart rate. Furthermore, it is good to eat what you like; people cannot send while eating delicious food (p85)
・Psychiatrist Dr. Saito said, “I'm getting rid of stress with STRESS,” it's a sports travel, recreation, eating, sleep smile (P86)
・Does it relax people of all generations classical music, and baroque music is said to be highly effective among them (p93)
・This is because in order to praise people, the brain must spin at full speed, it is necessary to use observation to find the other person's strengths, and it is also necessary to properly listen to what the other person says. While observing and listening to the other person's story in this way, I work my head on where and how to praise them effectively. Then, selecting and verbalizing the most suitable words, these series of actions are high-level thought tasks and lead to brain training (p96)
・Athletes eat carbohydrate-centered meals before games, and since carbohydrates change to glucose in a short time and become a source of exercise energy, on the other hand, after games, they eat meat, fish, soy products, etc. to replenish protein, and they know that high-quality protein is essential for recovering from fatigue. Eating meat is important because when there is a lack of protein, you cannot recover from fatigue and the feeling of fatigue does not go away (p98)
・If the breathing condition is severe, the doctor asks if intubation is OK and you agree, there is a rule that you can connect to a ventilator when natural breathing weakens (p133)
・“ 20 million yen is not enough,” which came out of the Financial Services Agency's Financial Services Council in 2019, was a story based on the assumption that people will live until the age of 95. In an average household, it means getting less than 700,000 yen per year = about 55,000 yen per month (p137)
・In order to overcome the 80-year-old barrier, it is important to extend the healthy life span of the brain, and studying is the best brain health method. The ultimate purpose of studying is “to output,” which means any means of “speaking, teaching, and writing” is fine (p168)
・ There are roughly ten hours of 75,000 hours in 20 years from age 60 until the age of 80 is reached. The average working time during active duty is about 1,710 hours per year, so even if you work for 40 years from age 20 to age 60, that's about 68,000 hours. In other words, if you are well until age 80, you will have more free time than working hours in your old age. There are only two ways to spend this free time meaningfully: “study” or “work,” and unfortunately the human brain gets bored with the other methods. Therefore, the correctness of the phrase that it is better to work while humans can work has also been scientifically proven. Working here does not mean working full time, but includes various ways of working, such as “working part-time at your own pace,” “doing housework,” and “volunteering” (p193)
・When investigating how people's happiness levels change due to life events, what causes the greatest damage to a person's happiness level is “unemployment,” and losing a job rather than “death of a spouse” rather than “divorce” lowers happiness levels significantly (p195)
