Keeping your pecker up!
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