Adapted from: NY Times Healthy Habits Challenge
Set an intention to make a deeper connection with another person. It can be your partner (maybe life has gotten bigger/busier and you're feeling like you need to reconnect), a colleague, or even the barista at your coffee shop. Connections are essential for healthy living. You can be in a room full of people and still feel very much alone. Making a connection can be a very simple gesture or a longer intentional conversation.
Connection takes effort, we are very much distracted by technology - think of the last time you sat in a waiting office and actually spoke to someone, or online at the store. We have phones which I think trick us into thinking we are never alone.
The Harvard study of Adult Development ( which is one of the world’s longest studies of adult life )
proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be happier.
Close relationships, more than money or fame, are what keep people happy throughout their lives, the study revealed.
