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Michelle Obama has a refreshing outlook on aging

The former first lady opens up to PEOPLE about what she does to look and feel her best at 61

"I'm as vibrant as I've ever been," she says of this season of her life

Michelle Obama is loving her sixties. So much so, she's become a bit of a spokesperson for the era she's in.

"I tell people, 'The sixties? Oh, a wonderful time. It's a wonderful time,'" she shares in an exclusive cover interview with PEOPLE ahead of the Nov. 4 release of her new style book The Look . "I feel like this is the first time in my life that when I say and do something, here in this interview, writing this book, rolling it out in this way, these are my choices."

And there's one clear choice she's made when it comes to dealing with the aging pro

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