In a study of people who live to be 100, researchers found they shared certain personality traits:
1. Generally extroverted and gregarious.
"Dear God I'll be dead in 5 years."
2. Have a stable social network.
"Maybe 4."
3. Don't bemoan life's difficulties.
"3 years, tops."
4. Have mastered the art of letting go.
"Definitely 2."
5. The majority were in decades-long relationships and had only kissed one person their entire lives.
"I won't make it to 5 p.m. Wednesday"
End of chat.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
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aw crap. I'm doomed.
ReplyDeletehahaha! ahhhhh. oh wait, that's sad.
ReplyDeleteI don't consider it to be "living" if you've kissed only one person a year, let alone a lifetime!
ReplyDeleteDude. Item number 5 just sunk my battle ship. I'm doomed.
ReplyDeleteYou're take on it is very funny, but #5 is a bit ridiculous--I mean those people were born 100 years ago when life was quite different.
ReplyDeleteI promised my kid to live as long as I can, so I guess I'd better do the things on this horrible list. Gah!
ReplyDeleteI'm screwed. I can't tell you how many men I've kissed. No really. I can't even tell you, cuz I don't know. But it's a whole lot more than ONE. I mean, ONE = deprivation. I just don't wanna live like that.
ReplyDeleteI'll skip the social advice and stay on my ultra-low-fat diet.
ReplyDeleteBesides, all the 100 year old anti-social loners hung up on them when they called; the study is flawed.
If this were true I would have never made it past childhood. I am in a decades-long relationship and I still kiss more than a few people every year. There's kissing and there's KISSING.
ReplyDelete6th secret to a long life: Don't read the results of studies.
ReplyDeletePine box or crematorium?
ReplyDeletexo
The list is called "Secrets to a LONG life" but not a HAPPY life.
ReplyDeleteI think we got it right...
Well, I've seen 'social network' and that thing was anything but stable.
ReplyDeleteLOL, I too, am doomed. Maybe I'll see you up there on Wednesday at 5!
ReplyDeleteWell no wonder I am so tired, I'm dying!
ReplyDeleteHmm. I think numbers 1 thru 5 are flawed. Who answers yes to all of those? And most important? Do I want to know those people??
ReplyDelete...maybe we can have a double funeral?
ReplyDeleteOh, crap... My social network is bat-crazy, I'm a whiner when things don't go my way, I let go of NOTHING, and I was in college the year The Pill was invented. I figure I've got 24 hours to go... LOVE THIS!!
ReplyDeleteshit... game over for me! :P
ReplyDeleteGuess it's time to pick out my shroud.
ReplyDeleteRelax people, these centenarians are notorious liars.
ReplyDeleteNow go kiss the mailman, the dog, the meter maid...