Acting Your Age Just what is a youthful attitude? We all know what it isn't: It isn't behaving like a teenager or even like a 20 year old. It certainly doesn't mean trying to keep up with fashion fads of kids who are 20 years younger than you. You have worked too hard developing a sense of maturity over the years to fall into that trap. A youthful state of mind combines a sense of self esteem with a sense of all the possibilities life has to offer. It is knowing you can do whatever you put your mind to without a second thought about how many birthday candles you blew out at your last party. "The ones who work at the idea of keeping their options open, of pursuing all their interests, and of not looking at the calendar are the ones who achieve agelessness," Dr. Deller says. It isn't easy. There's peer pressure to deal with. You thought you left peer pressure behind in high school, right? Not so, unfortunately. Like acne, it's one of those things that happens to people of every age. It just gets more subtle as you get older. People around you may have some pretty set in stone ideas about how you are supposed to behave at any given age, and without even realizing it, they may pressure you to slow down just when you feel like sprinting. Or you may apply the pressure yourself. "You think because most people who are this age do or don't do this, you should, too. Being in a youthful state of mind means not giving too much of a damn what other people think. Don't be restricted by other people's stereotypes," says Albert Ellis, Ph.D., president of the Albert Ellis Institute for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy in New York City and coauthor of Optimal Aging with Emmett Velten, Ph.D. Anti Aging Anti Aging Generation| Anti Aging Health Strategy| Anti Aging for Women| Take a Bite Out of Aging| Check the Index| Aim Low| Fat Factor| The Zobra Diet| Bulf Of Long Life| What about Meat?| Get the Protein, Forgo the Fat| The Taxic Avengers| Great Ways to Ambush Radicals| Going Vegetarian Sparked Her Youth| Is That a Toxin in My "Soup"?| Put Your Diet into Rehab| Little Bean, Big Benefits| Sneaking Soy into Your Diet| The Anti Aging Supplements| Alpha Lipoic Acid| Vitamins Minerals| Bioflavonoids| Coenzyme-Q10| Flaxseed Oil| Ginkgo| Are Harmone Supplements Safe?| Melotonin| Phoaphatidylserine| Pycnogenol| Vitamin C| Vitamin E| Aerobics| Disease-Proof Your Body| Liven Up Your Lifestyles| 12 Tips For a Better Workout| Weather Your Workout| Water| Erasing the Lines of Time| Skin Enemy Number One: The Sun| Sunscreen to the Rescue| A Sunscreen Primer| Sun Tips for Sun Junkies| Clean Up Your Act| Perfect Cleanser| Navigating Moisturizer Maze| The Care and Feeding of Youthful Skin| Special Problems of Aging Skin Cosmetic Nutrients Cosmetic Nutrients| Get Glowing with Glycolic Acid| User's guide of Glycolic Acids| Retin-A and Renova| Using Retin-A and Renova| Vitamin C: Future Youth?| Don't Get Lost at "C"| Getting the Most from C Makeups Makeup That Enhances| Foundation| Concealer| Blush| Powder| Eye Makeup| Lipstick| Winning the Battle of the Mane| Color to the Youthful| Dressed to Impress| Acting Your Age| 10 Attributes of a Youthful Mind Right Weight Getting Your Right Weight| Weighing In| Say Goodbye to Dieting| Putting Exercise into Everyday Events| Defying Disease| Disease Proof Your Lifestyle| Arthritis| Cancer| Diabetes| Heart Disease and Stroke| Osteoporosis|Keeping Your Senses Sharp|Can You Speak Little Louder?|Preventing Hearing Loss|Target Hearing Loss Early|The Eyes Have It|Buying Sunglasses|Eyes Need Exercise|The Life of Visionary Memory Memory Like an Elephant| Keeping the Brain Up and Running|Improving Your Everyday Memory| Get Organized| Living a Memory Enhancing Lifestyle Sleep Sweet Sleep and Relaxation| Turning Out the Lights, Naturally| Easing Toward Dreamland|When All Else Fails