#Repost @bluezones (@get_repost) ・・・ Your friends, family, and community have an enormous impact on your health and well-being. While eating a Blue Zones diet, walking daily, and finding your purpose are all important, none of us has a chance of making it to 100 without a true support system. One of the most dependable, universal means to greater health and happiness is to simply socialize more. In fact, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, loneliness can be as bad for you as a smoking habit, shaving years off your life expectancy. Data from Gallup-Healthways polls on well-being show that the happiest people socialize at least eight hours a day—especially with their parents and family. An analysis by Nicholas Christakis, a social scientist at Harvard and one of the Blue Zones Project advisers, showed that in a network of more than 5,000 people living in a small Massachusetts town, the happiest people were also the most connected. As their social circle got happier, so did they. Even introverts are happier around people than when they’re alone, studies have shown. So for the vast majority of us, setting up our lives to make it easier to socialize will increase both health and happiness. Click the link in our profile to read more about the benefits of friendships and tag your best friends and let them know how much you need them! . . . . Grandalas birds in Lachen, North Sikkim, India. Photo by @aviantrails @adityaa_chavan #bluezones #friends #livelongerbetter #longevity #friendship #moai #bluezoneslife #bluezonesliving #mybluezoneslife #birds #nature #beautyofnature #india #northsikkim #grandalas #grandalasbirds #community #family #happiness #beauty #scenic #lifestyle #mavericklife #maverickminnie #abundance #abundancemindset #abundantlife https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5ejSkAqVo/?igshid=l54dn4p8engn