--- title: Research Shows These 5 Simple Things Can Help You Live to 100 description: It's all about being positive canonical: https://time.com/3676485/live-to-100/ author: Eric Barker article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-22T05:01:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T08:08:39.470Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Research Shows These 5 Simple Things Can Help You Live to 100 og:description: It's all about being positive og:url: https://time.com/3676485/live-to-100/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc995d6d15da6c450/69877b01a988ca7a0f6ac01b/100-candles-lighted.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5019 og:image:height: 2823 og:image:alt: 100-candles-lighted og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Research Shows These 5 Simple Things Can Help You Live to 100 twitter:description: It's all about being positive twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc995d6d15da6c450/69877b01a988ca7a0f6ac01b/100-candles-lighted.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Research Shows These 5 Simple Things Can Help You Live to 100 > Sponsored content. 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Be [optimistic](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-optimism-associated-with-better-health). Get enough [sleep](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/why-do-some-people-get-sick-so-often-and-othe). Stay [out of debt](https://time.com/nextadvisor/loans/credit-counseling/). * Do not stay at a [boring job](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-a-boring-job-give-you-a-heart-attack) that [pays badly](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-being-underpaid-give-you-a-heart-attack). Have a good relationship [with your boss](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/how-much-does-your-relationship-with-your-bos). Try and [get promoted](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-a-promotion-at-work-save-your-life). [Kissing ass](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-ass-kissing-good-for-your-health) is good for you. [Job insecurity](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-job-insecurity-harm-your-health) and [unemployment](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-unemployment-kill-you) are correlated with poor health. * [Connecting with others](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/have-we-got-it-all-wrong-about-what-it-takes) can be more important than exercise. Spend time [with friends](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/how-can-your-social-life-make-you-mentally-an). [Loneliness](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-there-a-common-feeling-that-might-lead-to) can kill you. [Blaming others](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-blaming-others-make-you-physically-ill) can make you ill. [Forgive](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/whats-the-easiest-thing-you-can-do-to-dramati). * It’s essential to have [a feeling of control over your life](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/how-important-is-having-a-feeling-of-control) but you [don’t want to be a perfectionist](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/can-perfectionism-kill-you). * [Kiss](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/an-easy-way-to-lower-your-cholesterol-thats-a) more. Having more [orgasms](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/do-orgasms-make-you-live-longer) might extend your life. (Guys, more orgasms will probably [reduce your chance of prostate cancer](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/whats-the-most-wonderful-way-a-man-might-be-a).) **_This piece originally appeared on_** [**_Barking Up the Wrong Tree_**](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/05/what-little-things-can-help-you-live-to-100/)**_._** **Join over 150,000 readers. 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