MY DAILY SCHEDULE
Time is the scarcest resource and everyone comments that time seems to go faster the older you are. For many people retirement means freedom from the daily schedule that dominated their life but a schedule is a structure and having a structure to ones day is helpful. For example having a systematic approach to bedtime and sleeping can prevent or cure sleeping problems and in the daily pattern of people who no longer have the pattern of work forced upon them it is good to have a schedule for
People who are housebound may find the day drags, particularly if they are living on their own but the internet based Optimal Ageing Programme allows many other activities to be built into your day, for example a game of bridge or bingo, or a book club, or bird watching or a concert. obviously getting out is the most important thing you can do to help structure your day, for example a ten minute brisk walk every day before 11am, but the Optimal Ageing Programme has resources that can help build a daily schedule for good health even if you are housebound
Time is the scarcest resource and everyone comments that time seems to go faster the older you are. For many people retirement means freedom from the daily schedule that dominated their life but a schedule is a structure and having a structure to ones day is helpful. For example having a systematic approach to bedtime and sleeping can prevent or cure sleeping problems and in the daily pattern of people who no longer have the pattern of work forced upon them it is good to have a schedule for
- Waking
- Activity
- Eating
- Medication and other steps to tackle disease
- Going to sleep
People who are housebound may find the day drags, particularly if they are living on their own but the internet based Optimal Ageing Programme allows many other activities to be built into your day, for example a game of bridge or bingo, or a book club, or bird watching or a concert. obviously getting out is the most important thing you can do to help structure your day, for example a ten minute brisk walk every day before 11am, but the Optimal Ageing Programme has resources that can help build a daily schedule for good health even if you are housebound