How Old Do You Want to Be?

I previously wrote about how old do you feel. Now I’m writing about how old do you want to be? You may have seen the story on 60 Minutes regarding a study of residents at a “retirement community” in California.  There are two parts to the story, videos and transcripts which can be accessed here.   There are several takeaways from the study-including the importance of exercise. So, stop reading right now, go for a walk and then come back and finish reading this post. 

Ok, you’re back. Feel better don’t you? Kurzweil AI also did a story about the study Want to live to 90?  “People who exercised definitely lived longer than people who didn’t exercise. As little as 15 minutes a day on average made a difference,” says Dr. Kawas. Keeping active in non-physical ways, such as socializing, playing board games, and attending book clubs, also was associated with longer life. “For every hour you spent doing activities in 1981, you increased your longevity, and the benefit of those things never leveled off,” she tells Stahl.”