Tag: aging
My husband is newly retired, and we’ve spent hours talking about where we might want to live after I retire in a few years. Our imagined scenarios are always changing. But I’m clear on one thing: I do not want to buy a house in Naples, Florida, where a couple we know did recently. No offens…
Walter Mischel, who used marshmallows to test children’s ability to delay gratification, died recently, but his lesson never grows old. For those who aren’t familiar with his famous test, a young girl or boy sits at a table with a single marshmallow on a plate. The tester tells the child that he or she can…
