Keeping your pecker up: adventures into neuroscience and aging.

 So I'd forgotten about this blog, and have come back to it now because I think it might be interesting to share some of my experiences of my own life, and some further adventures as I explore the business of aging, and keeping as fit and active, mentally and physically, as possible. I'll be creating a podcast to share some of my thoughts about aging and maintaining a life that's worthwhile, stimulating, and fun. As of this moment I'm 67 years old, retired, and doing, among other things, a college course in psychology which I'll be sharing insights and ideas with readers. I'll be making a podcast, and making regular podcasts as I talk and interview various people on different subjects including but not limited to aging, neuroscience, supplements, mind stimulating devices, nootropics, exercise, meditation, travel, music, music therapy, the psychology of music, and things like art therapy. It's my intention (inshallah) to make a Ted Talk at some point, but I&#

 First of all, for those Americans who were wondering..."keeping your pecker up" is a British expression for staying enthusiastic, being in positive spirits, and being generally well. For the British readers, a "pecker" in America is that thing gentlemen use for more than just peeing.  This blog is to chart my own progress as I age and attempt to ward off all the associations so many people have with aging: that we become useless, bitter and twisted, lose all sense of adventure and fade, a little bit further every day, towards that hole in the ground and an eternity of no longer existing. It's my intention to share, as much as I can, my own experience of aging, and any nuggets of wisdom and knowledge I gain as I experiment with staying as youthful as I can by exploring neuroplasticity, educating myself, and keeping up the kinds of hobbies that I think should help any of us as we age. A little bit about myself: I was an actor, on and off, and grew up in the UK be