Top 5 Things I’m Still Stupid About at 65

Accumulate knowledge

Adult development theory, as well as good old common sense, teach us that we accumulate knowledge as we grow older. Who doesn’t know more now than we did five or ten years ago? But just growing older is no guarantee that one becomes wiser or even smarter about some things. Want proof? Here’s the top five things I’m still stupid about at 65. What’s your top five?

Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. is Founder of FierceWithAge, the Digest of Boomer Wisdom, Inspiration and Spirituality. Dr. Orsborn, who earned her doctorate in religion from Vanderbilt University, is the best-selling author of 21 books including her newest book: Fierce with Age: Chasing God and Squirrels in Brooklyn.

Timing the Market.

I know, you know, we all know that the only way to participate in the stock market is to get good advice, put your money in and settle in for a long-term hold. The really smart advisers tell you to get in when the stock market is plummeting, and encourage you to stay the course if you’re already invested.

I, however, do none of these things. I have a decades-long track-record of getting in the market when it’s just about to hit a peak; dumping out when after a plunge it’s just about to turn around and otherwise defying my wise financial advisor’s advice to not try to time the market. How stupid is that?

Your turn.

What are the top 5 things you’re still stupid about at 65, give or take a couple of years?