Life Advice from Elderly

As a millennial I am constantly curious about the secrets to a good long life. I am a health care worker, and I come across elderly patients on a daily basis. I want to know what is the secret to living a whole life and making the most of it. Here are five things most patients claim to be the secret to happiness.
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Travel:

“It does not matter where you go. Just go somewhere and experience new things.” That's probably the best advice ever. This year I’ve been to Puerto Vallarta, Vancouver, Victoria and various places around Banff. Going to Mexico really opened my eyes to all the things I can do with some time and little bit of money. It was an amazing experience and I felt that travel was missing from my life. I always liked exploring new places and once things opened up I was able to do it again. It feels free.

Find someone who you can spend time with:

Spending time with other people is a good thing. You share laughs, smiles and of course memories without those memories it makes life hard and lonely. If you find a special someone to share life with it brings a lot more meaning to your life, you travel together and learn from each other. “It just makes life better”.

Surround yourself with smart people:

The people in your life influence you a lot more than you think. If you surround yourself with people smarter than you then you yourself will learn from them. By having varying conversations with people who have all differing interests it can expand your understanding. For example, if you are a nurse and you have a friend who is in business you can learn from one another. It is important to keep learning and one of those ways is through other people.

You can’t please everyone:

People pleasing gets very tiresome very easily. You are constantly putting your needs behind others eventually you will burn out. Each time you do something to please someone else the more it chips away at you. Of course, there is a difference between doing someone a favour and doing something to please someone else. Please yourself first from time to time. The world will not burn or die if you go to the spa or take time doing a hobby on your own it will all work out. Please yourself first before considering pleasing someone else. If someone at work asks you for help on a task it is okay to say "no" if you are too busy.

Don't work a job you hate:

We spend approximately 90,000 hours of our lives at work which adds up to 3,750 days. That is a lot of time we spend at work. Since we spend so much time at a job or work, we better enjoy some aspects of it, but if you are doing something you hate for that long then change your career or job. Do not get stuck going to the same job that you hate. You will resent yourself for it and become a negative person, which can affect your health. We get sick because of stress or doing too much and if you do not do something you somewhat like then why bother? I know some people cannot afford to get better jobs, but there are so many online resources to learn from and to get better jobs. There are ways to improve your life.

That's all five steps to living a better and fuller life according to the elderly. We can all afford to learn something from the wiser.