Saturday, March 5, 2011

I'm going to live to 100.

According to this article, anyway, summarizing new analyses of a 90-year long follow-up study of over 1,500 Americans. (Emphasis below added by me.)

See this:
Reality:  One of the best childhood personality predictors of longevity was conscientiousness — "qualities of a prudent, persistent, well-organized person, like a scientist or professor — somewhat obsessive and not at all carefree," the authors conclude.
And this:
The authors also looked at a study of Medicare patients that found that "neuroticism was health-protective."

I found it comforting :)

2 comments:

Marci said...

Love it Carrie! I guess I'll live a long while too... being quite obsessive and neurotic at times. :) Hope you're doing well.

Jess said...

I may not fit the first part but I am plenty neurotic so maybe we can grow old together:)