{"id":7909,"date":"2024-12-23T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?p=7909"},"modified":"2024-12-23T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T18:11:29","slug":"the-swedish-art-of-aging-exuberantly-life-wisdom-from-someone-who-will-probably-die-before-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/12\/the-swedish-art-of-aging-exuberantly-life-wisdom-from-someone-who-will-probably-die-before-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Margaretta Magnusson \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scribner<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This delightful book offers gentle tips on aging gracefully: laugh often, engage the company of people younger than yourself, keep an open mind, wear stripes, eat chocolate and care for something. Magnusson shares her unique perspective on growing older, blending humor, wisdom and practical advice from Swedish culture. She emphasizes the beauty of aging\u2014a concept often eluding women as they age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her anecdotes and insights are both relatable and heartwarming, making the book a perfect companion for anyone navigating the complexities of aging. Magnusson <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shows us how to prepare for and understand the aging process and the joys and sorrows it can bring. While she recommends ongoing downsizing and decluttering (your loved ones will thank you!), her ultimate message is that we should all be less afraid of the idea of death.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Whether you\u2019re entering your golden years or simply curious about the art of living well, this book is a treasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magnusson is also the author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2018\/09\/the-gentle-art-of-swedish-death-cleaning-how-to-free-yourself-and-your-family-from-a-lifetime-of-clutter\/\">The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This delightful book offers gentle tips on aging gracefully: laugh often, engage the company of people younger than yourself, keep an open mind, wear stripes, eat chocolate and&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/12\/the-swedish-art-of-aging-exuberantly-life-wisdom-from-someone-who-will-probably-die-before-you\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,63,62,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-guides-to-aging-well","category-insights-from-bold-thinkers","category-nonfiction"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7912,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions\/7912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}