"Readers Share Secrets to Healthy Aging and Longevity"

NPR asked listeners and readers to share their secrets to healthy aging, receiving over 1,000 responses from ages 16 to 103. Tips included making friends across generations, setting new goals, staying active by modifying exercise, prioritizing mental health, achieving work-life balance, socializing through exercise, eating more fruits and vegetables, engaging in mental challenges, getting enough sleep, and staying engaged with purpose. The common theme was embracing aging with a positive mindset and finding joy in the privilege of growing older.