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Rest assured, the secrets to a long and happy life can be found in the world’s blue regions, which have lower rates of chronic disease and longer life expectancies.
These areas include Sardinia, Italy. Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, California; Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica and Ikaria, Greece.
A newer watershed, Singapore, has seen the number of 100-year-old residents double in the past decade. And since 1960, life expectancy in Singapore has increased by about 20 years.
National Geographic Fellow, Dan Buettner, author Here are five lessons we can learn from Singapore in Aquatic Secrets to Longer Lives: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth.
Live in a safe neighborhood
Writing for BlueZones.com, Boettner recommends choosing a neighborhood in a safe city with well-lit streets and no graffiti.
Know your neighbors at least three doors down on either side.
Know your values and live by them
Buttner recommends figuring out what’s important to you and aligning your lifestyle with those values.
For example, someone who enjoys working with their hands should not choose an office job. Those who value family should live with them.
Find the community
Be involved in the community by joining a church or other religious organization, watching a sports game with friends, or spending time with family to feel more secure, Buettner recommends.
Health Cares
Getting good health insurance can take one of the stressors out of life because you know you’ll be covered if you get sick.
A happy life is a healthy life.
Financial Security
If status, financial security, and a sense of accomplishment are important to you,” Butner says, then you should make as much money as you can.
Buettner notes that Singaporeans also prefer walking and using public transport to driving, prioritize a healthy diet and spend time and money caring for the elderly.
Buttner explained to Fortune that Singaporeans get a tax break if their elderly parents live with them or near them.
He points out that unlike other water areas, Singapore is engineered.
“They obviously created the result we want,” he said in a Fortune video.
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