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April 20 - June 9, 2023
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Video games—played in moderation—board games, and sports are great ways to achieve flow, because the objective tends to be very clear: Beat your rival or your own record while following a set of explicitly defined rules.
supercentenarians—people who live to 110 years of age or more.
Today there are an estimated 300 to 450 supercentenarians in the world,
“If you keep your mind and body busy, you’ll be around a long time.”
“Food won’t help you live longer,”
“The secret is smiling and having a good time.”
Washington Burnap stated two hundred years ago: “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”2
Spending time together and having fun is the only thing that matters.”
exercise to stay healthy, eat well, and spend time with people.”
“Talking each day with the people you love, that’s the secret to a long life.”
In the words of the famous Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr: God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
A wise person can live with these pleasures but should always remain conscious of how easy it is to be enslaved by them.
