I was on an elevator one day.
And on that elevator, there’s a screen where I read the following sentence:
“People’s bodies work better when they think they feel younger.”
At first, it sounds a little like woo-woo thinking. But at the same time, I remember back in high school learning about psychosomatic illness, where mental and emotional stress can manifest into a physical illness.
So could it be possible that this is just psychosomatic illness but reversed?
Being the curious person that I am, I looked into it.
And wouldn’t you know it, I found two very interesting articles.
The first one talked about a study that showed a link between your subjective age and your biological age. In other words, people who feel younger than their age seem to have a younger brain age. And those who feel older than their age seem to have an older brain age.
The reasoning behind it wasn’t mentioned much throughout the article. It only laid out one theory that people who feel younger tend to live a healthier life.
Which is where the second article comes in.
It talked about how feeling young at heart might help you live longer.
In other words, people who feel younger are more likely to take on physical challenges and eat healthier because they have an attitude of “I have a long life ahead of me, so I want to keep myself as healthy as possible.” But people who feel old would tend to think, “I’m going to die soon anyways. Might as well eat like sh*t.”
It’s a bit sad to think about, but there are people like that out there.
And this goes to show how powerful your mentality is.
It’s literally what dictates everything you do in life.
A strong mentality is also a requirement to form strong habits.
Writing daily emails is a habit that was actually easy to start since it’s fun to write about different things everyday. But admittedly, there are some days where I just don’t want to write at all.
Maybe it’s because I’m not in the mood to write, or I’m not feeling any of the ideas I have on my ongoing list.
But I still keep going because I plan to stay in the copywriting and marketing industry for a good while.
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