Centenarians in Blue Zones Follow These Three Easy Mental Models to Live a Happy Life

The secret to not being miserable in this difficult world.

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Longevity is a race that many are trying to hack through diet and lifestyle. Yet you can’t ensure a long life even if you do everything that centenarians around the world swear by.

Their mental model is the biggest secret behind their long and happy life. The attitude by which they face every day invokes their health with extreme longevity.

This Venn diagram portrays that longevity is more than just exercise and diet. There are a lot of emotional and societal factors involved in making a centenarian.

A Venn diagram of the top three blue zones in the world. Wikimedia Commons

Here are the three mental models that most centenarians around blue zones follow for better psychological health and well-being.

1. Break the Illusion Of Time

Living for a century is no fun if you have a distorted view of time. This precious life will soon start to feel like a prison sentence.

The Buddhist concept of time rejects the past and future as illusions and it…