Three Overlooked Secrets to Aging Better Than Average: The Science of Growing Stronger With Age

What strikes me most is how these patterns all share a common thread of deliberate discomfort: cognitive, physical, and social. The average person's relationship with discomfort fundamentally shifts somewhere between ages twenty five and thirty five, from seeing it as growth to viewing it as something to minimize. This might be the meta secret: those who age well maintain a paradoxical relationship with comfort, seeking it for recovery but actively disrupting it for growth. They treat their bodies and minds less like fortresses to be defended and more like gardens requiring constant, varied cultivation.