Dr. Ellen Langer

You can't... Because they're stressed about it.

Yeah.

What you want to do is if you do it, show up for it.

If you show up for it, it'll be enjoyable.

If it's enjoyable, you can't ask for more than that.

So many people are trying to add more years to their lives.

And I think that what we should be doing is adding more life to our years.

And that will end up, I think, in the long run for most people, have us living longer.

But whatever you're going to do, it should be fun.

Now, how could it be fun?

It depends on the way you do it.

Doing it mindfully, actively noticing, it sounds so simple, but that's the essence of engagement.

That's what you're doing when you're having fun.

And it's no work.

That's why I say it's very important to understand mindfulness as we study it has nothing to do with meditation.

If you were to leave California and come back to the East Coast and come visit me at my house, you wouldn't have to practice

being mindful.

You'd walk into my house, you'd be curious.

Oh look, did she do that painting?

This is the book she's read?