Too many people I know are dying.

Some from disease, others from suicide. Nobody is dying of old age.

This has got me thinking. What can I – and you – do to attempt to forestall the inevitable?

Here’s some things we can do to live a little bit longer:

• Ladies – go and have a pap smear
• Quit smoking
• Stop binge drinking and have two alcohol free days per week
• Go and get your skin checked at a cancer clinic
• Floss your teeth (less plaque on your teeth = less plaque in your arteries)
• Eat more raw/super foods like blueberries, walnuts, salmon, eggs, leafy greens, natural yoghurt and broccoli
• Eat less sugar and artificial sweeteners
• Get more sleep if you’re getting less than between 6 -8 hours per night
• If you’re depressed or anxious, see a doctor and work on a mental health plan
• Talk to your friends and family
• Get a pet
• Do some exercise
• Drink at least 2L of water per day
• Drink green tea
• Laugh
• Have sex

This basic stuff is guaranteed to improve your health and longevity prospects.

This is as much a reminder to me as it is to you. I drink too much, don’t exercise enough, only floss my teeth when I eat mangoes and think I am impervious to sunlight.

I promise to look after myself if you do too.

Have I missed anything? What else should we be doing to ensure we have long, happy, healthy lives?