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My 95-Year-Old Neighbor Hacked Longevity Everyday With These Daily Healthy Habits
Boost your longevity with these simple and easy habits.
Longevity is the lore of modern science that has manifested itself in reality. There’s no shortage of centenarians and their pearls of wisdom on the internet.
My next-door neighbor was an almost centenarian. You learn so many lessons in snippets of conversations that it gets hard to keep track.
But sadly we lost him last year a month after his 95th birthday. His life was a testament to strength and struggle.
He left his village at 17 to build a better life in Delhi, where he cracked government exams to land a prestigious job in the income tax department.
A high-profile job in the government will bring you more stress than satisfaction, but he lived a well-rounded and happy life.
Here are his top habits that helped him live a long and healthy life and made him an almost centenarian.
A tough morning routine to start every day right
Village folks are built differently and their daily routines prove that city folks can’t keep up with them.
The tough lifestyle of the village prepares them to conquer challenges as big as mountains without so much effort.
His morning routine prepared him to take on the world. He used to wake up with the first ray of the sun, and if that wasn’t hard enough he followed it by taking a cold shower.
Benjamin Franklin once claimed, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise”.
My neighbor has followed this adage and was one of the healthiest and wisest people I know. And he did well in the wealth department as well.
A morning routine is essential for a productive day. It’s a simple habit that can make a great difference in how you live your life.
Cater a morning routine that suits your lifestyle. An early morning cold shower is not the ideal scenario but you can follow his example by including at least one difficult activity in your morning routine.
