How to age gracefully

The phrase "aging gracefully" means different things to different people, but regardless if you're resolved to fight it every step of the way or cruise along and take what life hands you without a second thought, there's no doubt that growing older happens to all of us -- heck, it's happening to all of us right now.

Understanding that all of us have our own ideas, it's still good to at least listen to what the experts have to say. So here are the three biggest things you can do to age gracefully:

• Accept the inevitable changes of growing older, instead of viewing them as crises. Change will happen, things can't always stay the same.
  
• Avoid stereotypes and get over your prejudices and feelings about what "getting old" really means. Define it for yourself!
  
• Find meaningful activities, and keep finding them as you get older. Retiring from work isn't a cliff you jump off into nothingness -- it's just a shift from one way of spending your time to another.