Easy Jogging Extends Your Life

Do you want to add six years or so to your life? A recent study found that even slow jogging for just an hour or so a week–spread over two or three sessions–extends a person’s life by about six years. So if you just take an easy jog for about 20 minutes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, you could buy half a dozen more years.

Maybe you don’t like to run, but this really isn’t running. It’s jogging, slow jogging even. Plus, it’s only 20 minutes three days a week. If you prefer, jog slowly for half an hour twice a week. Either way, it’s not much time or even that much effort.

On top of the extra years in your life, it should improve the ones that you live. For me, even a little jogging makes my body feel better, and I think better. My mind grows more clear, and life feels better balanced.

Give it a try!

Step Off The Edge

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To succeed, a point comes when you must step off the edge. You must commit completely to your goal, and you will probably need to take that step with no safety net. I wrote about this in Go Out on a Limb, and I'm writing about this again to remind us … [Continue reading]

Release Regret

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Most everyone wishes that they could get a do-over or two in their lives. If you want to grow old without feeling depressed, you need to let that regret go, says a recent scientific study. It makes enough sense that holding onto regret can't be a … [Continue reading]

A Dad’s Last Words

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Early in June of 2001, I tossed my bag on the walkway in front of the airport in Tampa, Florida. Then, I turned to give my dad a long hug. Just a couple of days earlier, we’d celebrated his 66th birthday by grilling out on an amazing beach at … [Continue reading]

Build a Habit Loop

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In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg talks about Habit Loops as drivers of behavior, positive and negative. A Habit Loop includes three parts: Cue: the thing that gets the loop going Routine: the behavior triggered by the cue Reward: the … [Continue reading]