Gee I felt sorry for this stand-up comic.
Every joke she started to tell was met with a chorus of 'Heard-it! Heard-it!' from a group at one of the front tables.
I have never seen a person so relieved when her time on stage was up.
While on the subject of 'Heard-it!', you've probably heard all of the current thinking on adding years to you life and life to your years, so I've assembled them as ten-tips to act on at your leisure.
Here goes...
1 Get fit.
This need not necessarily mean joining the gym and punishing yourself with weight training-unless, of course, you enjoy that sort of routine.
Engage in activities that you enjoy-gardening, walking, swimming, mowing the grass.
The key is to stay mobile.
2 Focus on all types of fitness.
Fitness is more than physical, only.
Focus on mental, emotional, and spiritual, too.
Meditation, for example, may have little to do with physical fitness, but it's an important part of improving life-quality.
Maintain a balance among these different types of fitness.
3 Monitor your diet.
Food is fuel-and it's essential.
And the good news is that our knowledge continues to increase daily of the best foods to eat.
A reduction in processed food and the amount of red meats consumed, together with an increase in plant-based diet is an immediate change to make.
The library shelves and Internet are invaluable resources for food-related info.
4 Reduce caloric intake.
Most parents do the best they can with what they know at the time.
In the past, many parents considered that a 'clean plate' was a sign that the child enjoyed the meal and was in good health.
Now we know that a reduction in the number of calories ingested is important for longevity.
The message: reduce the amount you eat and live longer.
5 Build, maintain, and cultivate friendships.
Everyone needs friendship.
There is a body of knowledge that friendship helps to lengthen life, stimulate the heart, bring down blood pressure, reduce recovery time after cardiac illness, and even increase resistance to the common cold.
The price, however, is that you must be prepared to devote time to building and maintaining friendships.
As friends move on, they must be replaced.
6 Have something to look forward to.
People need some reason to get out of bed each day.
And that something need not necessarily be BIG deal.
The desire to be reunited with his wife enabled Viktor Frankl to survive the Death Camps during the Holocaust.
Margaret Olley looked forward each day to painting, and painting, and painting.
7 Live in the NOW.
Now is all you have: learn to live each moment.
And try not to confuse 'life' and 'life situation'.
When a situation arises, either deal with it or accept it.
Why make it into a problem? 8 Focus on wealth.
Wealthy people generally live longer than poor people.
Keep in mind, however, that wealth is more than merely money.
The eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau drew attention to what most of us realise: wealth is not a question of having lots of money; it's about having what we want.
9 Generate your fortune.
Advice abounds in this field: some people even make a living out of telling how much you'll need.
One of those ways of calculating how much money you will need to contemplate retirement is called the 'Rule of 17'.
If, for example, you plan to spend $100,00-per-year in your retirement, you will need $1,700.
000 (17 X $100,000).
And if you plan to generate the $100,000 annually (live off the interest), you need to invest your $1,700,000 at 5.
88% (1/17 X 100).
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