Keep mentally and physically active for your health. Compete in the National Senior Games. These games require physical conditioning, ability, stamina and strategy. A few of the types of competitions held within these competitions include basketball, tennis, track and field, archery, triathlon and swimming.
The late Anna Mary Robertson Moses, also known as Grandma Moses, was an artist who painted and embroidered. Her artwork became very popular in the 1950s, when she was 90, according to Judith Stein's book, "The White-Haired Girl" A Feminist Reading." Get an early start with painting ideas at age 70.
The late Harland David "Colonel" Sanders, despite many setbacks with previous businesses, began to sell Kentucky Fired Chicken franchises in his 60s. Take ideas that interest you and development a business around them. The location can be virtual or at a popular site in the town or city you would like to live in.
If you're unwilling to take the risk, offer your expertise through SCORE, a nonprofit association that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Not all vacations are alike. Take an adventure trip to a remote area of the world. Alternatively, take an eco-tourism trip where the focus is ecology awareness or work on an ecology project. Or take a career vacation where you work within your chosen field to see if it's what you expected it to be. Make use of senior citizen discounts.
Use ideas accumulated throughout your 70 years for a work of fiction or nonfiction, such as a memoir or historical or science fiction novels. Join a local writing group or take a writing class at a local college.
Plant a garden filled with your favorite vegetables and fruits. Tasty and versatile examples are tomatoes, corn, beans, cantaloupe, lettuce, peppers, broccoli, strawberries, blueberries, spinach and pomegranates. For an unusual taste combination, try the asparagus bean. This bean looks like a 12-inch long green bean with a taste mixture of asparagus, mushrooms and bean.
Of course, while flipping through catalogs looking for planting ideas. consider other interesting plant possibilities. According to the "Journal of Drugs in Dermatology" aloe vera, an anti-inflammatory, is good for certain skin reactions due to allergies.