JoCleta Wilson gets out of bed at 4:30am two mornings every week and drives to her job as a cashier at a Home Depot store in Louisville, Kentucky. There is nothing especially remarkable about that except that she was 100 years old in October of last year.
Her life has not been free of health challenges. She’s a breast cancer survivor, has emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and has a pacemaker. But at 100 years old she says that she feels "like 39 having to go into 40 years old."
Shockingly, her successful aging secrets include such unexpected things as staying active and moving (she used to be a dancer and still dances), eating a healthy diet (she prepares most of her meals herself), having a purpose and being socially engaged. Who would have thought it?
She shares her take on staying healthy while getting older here.
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