A recent Australian study is claiming that men will live longer if they did a bit more housework. The study carried out at Victoria University claims that men possess an inability to use their excess free time doing meaningful activities, and according to the researchers, this leads to an earlier death.
Now I can just hear then men coming up with logical justifications as to why they should not adopt this new antiaging treatment. It would most likely follow the lines of logic claimed by my ex husband, in his bid to avoid taking up running as a regular form of exercise. The claims that it would add 5 years to his life were shot down by his math proving that he would indeed spend more time than 5 years, doing something he didn’t care to do. And to him, that was a bad investment.  And in some ways he was correct. But he used the assumption that he would live to the average life expectancy that he used in his calculations. A fatal flaw when your wife mastered in mathematics at school.
It comes down to whether you choose to be here for a good time or a long time. I have always followed the philosophy of the choice given to Alexander the Great. He was asked at the age of 19, following his father’s death as to whether he was willing to take over the command of the army and lead them to battle. The counsel he sought from the sage proffered the question: Do you want a short and victorious life, or long and laborious life?.
Me – I’m greedy, I’m going for both. That’s why I am so passionate about antiaging methodologies and living as healthy a lifestyle as I can. I take risks and refuse to use my life just doing the same day, over and over. Every day has a goal for me, a challenge, a personal growth. Even if some days have a little more personal growth than I would care for!
Researchers asked the 168 Melbourne men in the study to record their activities in a diary over two days, describing how meaningful the activity was and how they felt. They found that those men who spent their time on passive leisure activities are more likely to be bored, lonely and contributing to unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. Given the fanaticism most Australian men have for armchair sports, I guess there is the potential for a lot of unhappy, flabby Australian men.Â
But of course, to adopt this new antiaging strategy men would have to see housework as a meaningful activity.
Good luck with that one girls!
Nicola
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