What you can learn from Jennifer Aniston about your relationship with yourself and getting older

I will be 35 this year. I'm still relaxed about my age(s). My wrinkles are minimal (thanks to SPF!) and I feel pretty physically fit, even though I don't exercise much at the moment. But what about in five, ten or 15 years? Am I still relaxed then? Sometimes I have the feeling that the laxity associated with aging is continually decreasing as the years of life, wrinkles and gray hair increase. That once you reach a certain age you run the risk of compulsively trying to maintain the status quo - with the aim of looking as ageless as possible. From where I stand today, I think that's a shame. Aging is a privilege, not a punishment. But: It's still easy for me to talk.

actresswill be 56 years old in February. In an interview with Allure.de, she spoke about topics such as getting older and self-esteem. Your attitude is extremely inspiring:

Jennifer Aniston, who most of us will forever associate with her role as Rachel in the series “Friends,” turns 56 this year. The actress looks one thing in particular in photos:. She seems to shine from within. Personally, I now find statements like “you can’t tell how old she is” highly questionable, which is why I deliberately don’t want to go into detail about Jennifer Aniston’s appearance. What do you have to look like when you reach a certain age? To me it always sounds a bit like it's a miracle to look fabulous in your 50s (ha, now I've done it and gone into Jennifer Aniston's looks).

“We love each other very much today,” says Jennifer Aniston in an interview with Allure about her relationship with her body. “We should love our bodies. He's doing his best. He has been with us from the beginning, so we mustn't be too hard on him." With our ownBeing mindful and conscious sounds easier than it sometimes is. Jennifer Aniston hasn't always valued her body as much as she does today, as she says in the interview: “Of course we're all getting older, but the question is, how can we flourish as we get older? It's about giving your body the attention it deserves. Personally, I loved my 30s, but my 20s were nothing. I was a nightmare. It wasn’t until my 30s and 40s that I learned why workouts are fundamental.”

Staying fit with an exercise routine that fits your lifestyle is essential to growing older healthily and in connection with your own body. Jennifer Aniston also inspires something that is at least as important: not being too hard and too stubborn with yourself. She mentions an 80/20 balance that she lives by - meaning that you try to live healthily 80 percent of the time and do what you want to do with the remaining 20 percentand treat yourself to what you want.

And according to Jennifer Aniston, what is the best way to grow old? “With positivity and gratitude,” she answers in the interview. “I try not to think about getting older. I generally try not to think about age. The world will always tell us what our true age is, and what women in society should do when they are or so old.[…] Become ourslack as we get older? Not necessarily, let's keep them strong. We can make our own rules.”

What Jennifer Aniston lives sounds great to me personally – and admirable. Especially when you are surrounded by a public that primarily judges you based on your appearance. In my opinion, it takes time to free yourself from expectations about getting older. It takes a certain amount of life experience and self-confidence to really internalize thatcan define themselves and live according to their individual principles.

Because: Who said that you can only spend the whole night on a dance floor when you're 20? Why should shorts be a no-go at 60? What happens if you still want to be a mother at 44? Can you only become self-employed or study at 65? Social rules of behavior are only supposed. You set your own limits. Realizing this gives you a lot of freedom and opportunities. It would demIt is not fair if you stop believing in yourself or realizing yourself just because you have reached this or that age. And that's exactly what Jennifer Aniston is most motivated to do.