Man Cave Archives - Senior Planet from AARP https://seniorplanet.org/category/man-cave/ Aging With Attitude Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:17:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://seniorplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-SYMBOL_RGB_RED-32x32.png Man Cave Archives - Senior Planet from AARP https://seniorplanet.org/category/man-cave/ 32 32 The Man Cave on…Mindfulness https://seniorplanet.org/articles-man-cave-mindfulness/ https://seniorplanet.org/articles-man-cave-mindfulness/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:42:10 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=202610 Mindfulness is not a natural state. Take a mental inventory - is your mind controlling you - or are you controlling it?  

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]]> https://seniorplanet.org/articles-mancave-goal-setting/feed/ 0 The Man Cave on…Maintaining Ties with Others https://seniorplanet.org/articles-man-cave-maintaining-ties/ https://seniorplanet.org/articles-man-cave-maintaining-ties/#respond Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:22:48 +0000 https://seniorplanet.org/?p=181358 It's worthwhile to make the effort to stay in touch and schedule time and activities with friends - and there are many ways to do so.

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