Having a purpose in life that extends beyond personal joy and pleasure is associated with living longer.

“Purpose adds up to seven extra years of life expectancy.”

“Still amazed by the shorter lifespan of people lacking purpose. 8491 people over 50 were assessed, subtracting out lifestyle effects.”

“I really think you know it's it's impossible to to prove these things scientifically because you can't do randomized controlled experiments so we'll never truly know the causitive nature of having a purpose in longevity right but it's very hard for me to believe that there isn't causality there meaning that the people who continue to have a purpose in life and again again your purpose for the past 30 years hasn't been to make a dime it's been in this say it now movement”

“I really think you know it's it's impossible to to prove these things scientifically because you can't do randomized controlled experiments so we'll never truly know the causitive nature of having a purpose in longevity right but it's very hard for me to believe that there isn't causality there meaning that the people who continue to have a purpose in life and again again your purpose for the past 30 years hasn't been to make a dime it's been in this say it now movement”