Explore the World's Best Ideas
Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.
🕰️ Younger Next Year — How to Age Backwards (Practically)
This isn’t just another health book. Younger Next Year is a wake-up call to action, rooted in biology, behavioral science, and tough love. It argues that 70% of aging is optional — if you take charge.
📘 The Premise:
“You can grow older and decay… or grow older and thrive. The choice is yours.”
6
70 reads
You’re not retiring — you’re training for the best third of your life.
Exercise 6 Days a Week for the Rest of Your Life
- Aerobic 4x + Strength 2x — like it's your job. Because it is — if youth is your goal.
Don’t Eat Crap
- No fad diets. Just real, whole food and mindful eating.
Commit to Connect
- Loneliness accelerates decline. Relationships = life extension.
Care. Give. Belong.
- Emotions and social engagement influence biology. Joy is medicine.
Play Full Out
- Approach life with enthusiasm, goals, and purpose — even into your 90s.
Get Serious About Recovery
- Rest, sleep, and stress reduction are just as vital as workouts.
Act Like You’re in Training for the Olympics… of Aging Well
8
58 reads
⚗️ Science Behind It:
The book lays out how modern aging is not inevitable decay, but often disuse atrophy. Your body responds to use — movement literally sends “grow” signals to your cells. If you move with "purpose", your body "regenerates". If not, it withers.
"You stop moving → you start dying. You move with vigor → you grow younger."
7
56 reads
🌱 Advanced Message
At its deepest level, Younger Next Year teaches:
Aging is negotiable — if you partner with your biology.
- This is not about defying age, but redefining it:
Aging is not fate. It’s feedback.
Vitality isn’t youth. It’s engaged participation with life.
You don’t need to be lucky — you need to be deliberate.
7
50 reads
✨ Final Thought
The future belongs to those who train for it.
With intention, consistency, and heart, you don’t just get older — you get younger next year.
7
41 reads
IDEAS CURATED BY
CURATOR'S NOTE
✍️ Chris Crowley's voice is direct, warm, and funny, often writing as a wise, encouraging friend. His core message:“Aging is inevitable. Decay is not.”He emphasizes taking ownership, using your body daily, and living with joy, purpose, and power well into your 80s and beyond.
“
Discover Key Ideas from Books on Similar Topics
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates