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Don’t fill your stomach. L ess is more when it comes to eating for long life, too. According to the 80 percent rule, in order to stay healthier longer, we should eat a little less than our hunger demands instead of stuffing ourselves.

Surround yourself with good friends. Friends are the best medicine, there for confiding worries over a good chat, sharing stories that brighten your day, getting advice, having fun, dreaming . . . in other words, living.

Get in shape for your next birthday. Water moves; it is at its best when it flows fresh and doesn’t stagnate. The body you move through life in needs a bit of daily maintenance to keep it running for a long time. Plus, exercise releases hormones that make us feel happy.

Smile. A cheerful attitude is not only relaxing—it also helps make friends. It’s good to recognize the things that aren’t so great, but we should never forget what a privilege it is to be in the here and now in a world so full of possibilities.

Reconnect with nature. Though most people live in cities these days, human beings are made to be part of the natural world. We should return to it often to recharge our batteries.

Give thanks. To your ancestors, to nature, which provides you with the air you breathe and the food you eat, to your friends and family, to everything that brightens your days and makes you feel lucky to be alive. Spend a moment every day giving thanks, and you’ll watch your stockpile of happiness grow.

L ive in the moment. Stop regretting the past and fearing the future. Today is all you have. Make the most of it. Make it worth remembering.

Follow your ikigai. There is a passion inside you, a unique talent that gives meaning to your days and drives you to share the best of yourself until the very end. If you don’t know what your ikigai is yet, as Viktor Frankl says, your mission is to discover it.

The authors of this book wish you a long, happy, and purposeful life. Thank you for joining us,
HÉCTOR GARCÍA AND FRANCESC M_{IRAL L ES}

NOTES

Chapter I. Ikigai
1 Dan Buettner. The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest. People in all Blue Zones (except Adventists) drink alcohol moderately and regularly. Moderate drinkers outlive nondrinkers. The trick is to drink 1–2 glasses per day (preferably Sardinian Cannonau wine), with friends and/or with food. And no, you can’t save up all week and have 14 drinks on Saturday. Retrieved via https://www.bluezones.com/2016/11/power-9/#sthash.4L Tc0NED.dpuf.
Chapter II. Antiaging Secrets

1. 
   Eduard Punset. Interview with Shlomo Breznitz for Redes, RTVE (Radio Televisión Española).
   

Retrieved via http://www.rtve.es/television/20101024/pon-forma-tu-cerebro/364676.shtml.

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   Howard S. Friedman and L eslie R. Martin. The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study. Retrieved via http://www.penguin randomhouse.com/books/307681/the-longevity-project-by-howard-s-friedman/9780452297708/.
   

Chapter III. From L ogotherapy to Ikigai

1. 
   Viktor E. Frankl, Richard Winston (translator), Clara Winston. The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy. Vintage, 1986.
   
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   Viktor E. Frankl. Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning. Basic Books, 2000.
   
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   Ibid.
   
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   Viktor E. Frankl. The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy. Meridian/Plume, 1988.
   
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   Shoma Morita. Morita Therapy and the True Nature of Anxiety-Based Disorders. State University of New Y ork Press, 1998.
   
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   Thich Nhat Hanh. The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation. Beacon Press, 1996.
   
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   Morita. Morita Therapy.
   

Chapter IV. Find Flow in Everything Y ou Do

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   “Crafting Fun User Experiences: A Method to Facilitate Flow—A Conversation with Owen Schaffer.”Retrieved via human factors.com/whitepapers/crafting_fun_ux.asp.
   
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   Ernest Hemingway. On Writing. Scribner, 1984.
   
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   Bertrand Russell. Unpopular Essays. Routledge, 2009.
   
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