Five Ways to Feel Younger

So you crossed that hateful threshold that's called "35" and you're beginning to doubt whether you have a right to feel young anymore. Maybe you want to feel and look younger but hate diet, exercise and miraculous pills. Do not fret, here comes the answer to your problems. Five simple and easy to follow rules that will make you feel younger and maybe even look it in the end!

1. Never, under any circumstances, reveal your true age to anyone unless you absolutely have to. Never initiate any conversations about age, aging, being responsible, mature and the like. Act distracted and absentminded when someone brings up the "age thing" and if you have no choice but to talk about it, always subtract one to three years from your age, whatever feels comfortable. Stick to that rule and you may eventually convince yourself you're that age and feel pretty at ease stating it even at a doctor's office.

2. Try to keep up with the latest in music and movie releases, happenings and, most importantly, with the current gossiping. You can't be young today and not know that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are expecting twins or that Kate Hudson who used to date Owen Wilson is now dating Lance Armstrong who used to date Sheryl Crow who used to date, yes, you guessed it, Owen Wilson!

3. Dress at specialty stores that offer mainly youthful, tiny outfits, that always keep up with the current fashion trends (in other words, they know what's hot) and they do not, I repeat, they do not offer XXL sizes. It's not a bad idea either to go one size smaller than your actual size. Oh, and make sure you're actually seen shopping there.

4. Pick up a new hobby; here are some good choices: yoga, meditation, dancing, swimming, riding a bike, and for the more adventurous, juggling and skydiving. Avoid at any cost: cooking and knitting lessons, scrapbooking, stamp, coin and toilet paper collections. Actually, avoid any collections, period.

5. Last but not least: Cook your own meals from scratch using healthy ingredients like vegetables, fish, white meat, brown rice, whole grain pastas, legumes and olive oil. That way you will know what you eat (no nasty additives, hidden trans-fats and high fructose corn syrup), you'll control your portions and calories, you'll probably lose weight and feel more energetic in the process, plus you'll be able to actually wear those youthful, fashionable outfits we were talking about, start those dancing or swimming lessons and be convincing when you lie about your age! Seriously, it can't get much better than that.