he's back

I’ve basically narrowed what we want out of life down into 3 main areas.

• RELATIONSHIPS – we all want love and friendship.
• MONEY – not the root of all evil, but the greed of money is.
• HEALTH – this goes without saying

Picked up the paper this morning and was interesting to read an article on the secret to living longer. Yeh I know, these articles seem to come every every month and every man and his dog seems to have their own ideas on living to an old age.

But this particular article grabbed my attention as it focused on relationships rather than the usual “food” or “exercise” advice we’ve been hearing for years.

The adage that friends can save your life turns out be true.

Close knit relationships with family and friends can reduce your risk of death by as much as 50%!

As a comparison, low social interaction is just as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being an alcoholic. And twice as worse as being obese.

Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a professor at Brigham Young University, Utah goes onto say,

Relationships provide a level of protection across all ages.

Relationships provide a sense of meaning and purpose in life and have a direct influence on health including blood pressure and immune functioning.

Whilst there’s no magic number on how a relationship can affect your physical health, people fared better when they had a number of close friends, strong family relationships and a close knit with the community.

If you’re going through a breakup, or even if your relationship is on rocky waters, then it’s in your best interest to turn things around asap if you wanna live to the ripe old age of 100.

Enjoy your weekend.