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At 102 years old, I still help run my business: Here are my 3 daily practices for a happy and healthy life

3 daily habits this 102-year-old does to stay happy and healthy

1. Move daily

“I’ve always tried to walk a mile a day, and we count footsteps so we know when it is,” Szekely says.

“I can’t take a nap in the afternoon unless I’ve got my steps in. It’s not anything that is rigid, it just is something you do. Just like waking up in the morning.”

Her advice for making daily movement easier to achieve is “find friends who are active.”

2. Eat a pescatarian diet

Szekely has followed a mostly plant-based diet since she was a child. “I’m a pescatarian. And I actually have been fortunate of never eating meat because of my parents,” she says.

Here’s what a typical breakfast, lunch and dinner looks like for Szekely:

Breakfast: Yogurt, a banana and whole grains
Lunch: “I always have a salad,” at home, she says. But when she has lunch at restaurants, she likes to try different things, she adds.
Dinner: “I go out a lot,” she says, so she chooses from fish, salad, a baked potato or tries something new.

In the early stages of Szekely’s fitness resort and spa, she was the chief cook and would manage the farm. Her diet consisted of fresh foods that she incorporated in the meals she served there.

3. Socialize and always ‘be learning’

Szekely’s social calendar is pretty stacked.

“I have season tickets for every play that the [Old Globe Theatre] has in San Diego,” she says. “I go to the theater a lot, and I love opera.”

A few hours after our conversation, Szekely attended her birthday celebration, where she was the guest speaker for several dozens of her friends. She also speaks at her resort every Wednesday and mingles with guests several times a week.

In addition to her social activities, Szekely always looks to learn more, and longevity research shows that people who reach age 80 and beyond learn something new every day.

Szekely knows four different languages and immerses herself in different cultures.

“My German is rusty, but my French is excellent because I think a lot in French [and] I dream in that,” she says. “And Spanish, I speak every day.”

If there was one takeaway that Szekely would want to leave you with, “the main thing is: Be learning.”

(기사 원문)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/28/3-daily-habits-of-a-102-year-old-who-still-runs-her-business.html?&qsearchterm=deborah%20szekely