Japanese were “social distancing” before the term was even invented.

When I arrived in Japan to live in 1999, I was constantly amazed by little things like that. As a train entered a station stop, hardly anyone stood to choke off the exit. Only as the train came almost at a halt, did people rise and exit orderly.

Which is your dominant hand?

Take that hand, extend your index finger (called Okasan in Japanese) and touch between your eyes.

Now that your finger is touching your forehead draw a capital

E

Did you draw it?

OK, here's the power test: which way did you draw it?

Did you draw it as though you were looking at it on a piece of paper?

Or did you draw it in reverse, so that someone looking at you would see a capital E on your forehead?

As you age, here’s a menu of your potential future:

- lower energy and motivation
- friends dying all around you
- shortness of breath when exerting yourself
- fatigue, tiredness and tummy upsets
- knees that start twitching in pain
- a constantly sore lower back
- headaches, neck aches and grumpiness