This woman believed that the reason people live so long on this particular island is that they live most of their lives thinking about Kairos time rather than Chronos time. She calmly elaborated that fixating on Chronos stresses us out because we can’t control the timing of everything. We get attached to it and then worry about something we can’t control. Worrying is a by-product of paying too much attention to Chronos. The people of Ikaria have lower levels of stress because they are intentional about not being slaves to clocks and watches.
