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The seven habits that lead to happiness in old age

8 points by gamechangr 5y ago

metadat 5y ago
Such click bait. Tl;dwr Don't smoke, don't drink, be physically healthy and active, continue education. All good (common-sense) line items for actually making it to becoming an old person. How valuable this milestone is remains for the reader to decide. Stupid fucking article. Dear Arthur C. Brooks (author of this bin of an article): You are a content generation Tool.
- WheelsAtLarge 5y ago
  Yes and no, many people think these simple habits are habits that everyone should know and follow. Yet, everywhere we see older people that have never followed these habits and are suffering because of it. I think people should follow every single one, specially if you are young.
  - metadat 5y ago
    "should" is a funny word- whenever people offer a "should" in an unsolicited context, it's pretty much guaranteed not to be taken under serious advisement. Regardless of validity and motivation of the should-sayer. You make a good point about avoiding ending up the state of being old and in poor physical condition. Existing as a prisoner in your own body is a solid definition of living in a Waking Hell. I think people deserve access to good information (we all do these days, via the great equalizer that is The Internet) and make their own choices. That said, I'm not too keen on subsidizing the costs they choose to externalize. Yet still, for many who never engage in any of the deleterious behaviors, they end up dying from terminal cancer or being T-boned by an idiot while waiting at a stop light. Life is supremely unfair, and we control nothing. Control is always an illusion at best. The task falls to each of us to decide what we want to try to mitigate the risk of.
WheelsAtLarge 5y ago
They missed one of the most important ones. Get in the habit of saving your money because you'll need it in the future. If friends and family are pushing you to use your money on them, keep in mind that ,in the future, when you need them to help with your expenses they won't be around or they won't have the money to help you.

8 points by gamechangr 5y ago

Such click bait. Tl;dwr Don't smoke, don't drink, be physically healthy and active, continue education. All good (common-sense) line items for actually making it to becoming an old person. How valuable this milestone is remains for the reader to decide. Stupid fucking article. Dear Arthur C. Brooks (author of this bin of an article): You are a content generation Tool.

WheelsAtLarge 5y ago
Yes and no, many people think these simple habits are habits that everyone should know and follow. Yet, everywhere we see older people that have never followed these habits and are suffering because of it. I think people should follow every single one, specially if you are young.
- metadat 5y ago
  "should" is a funny word- whenever people offer a "should" in an unsolicited context, it's pretty much guaranteed not to be taken under serious advisement. Regardless of validity and motivation of the should-sayer. You make a good point about avoiding ending up the state of being old and in poor physical condition. Existing as a prisoner in your own body is a solid definition of living in a Waking Hell. I think people deserve access to good information (we all do these days, via the great equalizer that is The Internet) and make their own choices. That said, I'm not too keen on subsidizing the costs they choose to externalize. Yet still, for many who never engage in any of the deleterious behaviors, they end up dying from terminal cancer or being T-boned by an idiot while waiting at a stop light. Life is supremely unfair, and we control nothing. Control is always an illusion at best. The task falls to each of us to decide what we want to try to mitigate the risk of.

WheelsAtLarge 5y ago

They missed one of the most important ones. Get in the habit of saving your money because you'll need it in the future. If friends and family are pushing you to use your money on them, keep in mind that ,in the future, when you need them to help with your expenses they won't be around or they won't have the money to help you.