Happy to 102: The Best Kept Secrets to a Long and Happy Life

Everybody knows that people will live a lot longer in the future. But most of us don’t know exactly what we mean by a lot longer. Brace yourself, because the truth will surprise you. According to the Census Bureau, in 50 years more than 1 million Americans will live past the age of 102! The trend continues in Canada and across the globe. This means that most of us alive today have a very real chance of living to 102. And even those of us who don’t make it to 102 will probably live nearly a decade longer than the previous generation.

As important as it is to live a long time, it is probably more important to live happily and well. And to live happily, seniors need to plan to live to 102 years of age, rather than planning to live to 80 or 90. In other words, people need to accept the idea of living to 102 as the new norm and forget the old idea of dying around age 87. This article discusses strategies for living a happy life to a much later age.