Most think they are not old regardless of age

A survey by Pew Research Center found that most people say they feel younger than their calendar age.

The average age considered "old" by respondents was 68 -- but there were real differences in perception driven by the respondents' own ages:

More than half of those under 30 say the average person becomes old before 60.

Middle-aged respondents say it's closer to 70.

Those aged 65 and older say "old" is not until 75.

"What you find is the older people are, the more people push back the age that is old," says Russell Ward, a sociologist who focuses on aging at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and who was not involved in the survey. "It's more in your future. You're not there yet."

But isn’t it how a person feels that determines when a person thinks they are old?

We all know people who look and act much younger than their biological age.

I have often said (with tongue-in-cheek) that sometimes I feel much younger than my calendar years. Other times, however, I get the urge to ship a case of prune juice to the nearest nursing home along with a signed note saying, “hold for arrival.”

Seriously, the secret of aging is to stay young at heart no matter how old the rest of your body is.

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