Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.

I wake up in the morning and I see that flower, with the dew on its petals, and at the way it's folding out, and it makes me happy, she said. It's important to focus on the things in the here and now, I think. In a month, the flower will be shriveled and you will miss its beauty if you don't make the effort to do it now. Your life, eventually, is the same way.

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden.

Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.

So setting up automatic savings plans, and buying insurance as opposed to buying a new thing. The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.

Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.