2022 Top Posts, but not really

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Today marks the last day of 2022. 

I am looking back over the posts published on this aging blog over the last year and seeing that I have not been sharing a lot of my insights on aging.  I only completed nine posts--counting this one. Consequently, compiling a list of Top 10 posts is a little disingenuous.  

Here are the three posts written in 2022 with the most views: 

Gym Rat at Sixty

Critical Age Theory: Book Review

2022 MAIA Concurrent Sessions

I am still teaching gerontology classes as an adjunct at both the University of Evansville and at the University of Southern Indiana (USI).  

In previous years, I frequently wrote posts about films that I have viewed and books that I have read on topics related to aging.  In 2022, I only read one book about aging.  Lately, I have been spending more time at the gym and less time reading and watching films.  

Gym Rat at Sixty

Karen outside of the
Dunigan YMCA
in October 2022.

I admit to going to the YMCA a lot.   

Because I teach biology of aging for the sociology department at the University of Evansville, I am well versed (in a generalist sort of way) on the benefits of regular, varied exercise.

This means that when I am sitting around, reading about the benefits of exercise, I will often put my book down and drive over to one of the two YMCA locations in the Evansville area: 

Dunigan on Oak Grove is just a ten-minute drive for me, but I also drive downtown to the Ascension St. Vincent's YMCA, which is only a twenty-minute drive. 

By exercising regularly, I am improving my muscle tone, heart health, balance, bone density, flexibility, circulation, posture, digestion, cognitive function, and mood. 

However, I have several reasons for attending exercise classes frequently: