The only thing you need for healthy, wealthy golden years

If you think about it, life’s nothing more than constantly trying to gain positives and limit negatives.

You want to afford the nice restaurants, fancy clothes, and lavish vacations while limiting the chance of slipping into debt. You want to enjoy more time with your family by limiting sickness and pain. You want to excel in your professional and social circles but limit the stress you experience.

Well… what if I told you there’s a secret that could lead to gaining two of the most incredible benefits imaginable: more wealth and a longer, healthy life? This is all you need to know…

It’s all about professional longevity.

More specifically, I’m talking about the longevity of your work.

A study from Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research from 2016 shows that working into your 70s, 80s, and beyond could yield the two things we seem to be chasing for our entire lives.

Here’s what they found:

1. Wealthier

This is clearly the more straightforward of the two benefits. Obviously working longer is going to provide you with a paycheck for a longer amount of time, which means more cash in your pocket.

That’s simple, right?

That reason alone is why more and more people are choosing to add years to their professional lives.

But now there’s an even bigger benefit to doing so…

2. Longer Lifespan

The study from Boston College showed some evidence that working longer can lead to a longer life.

At this point it remains unclear whether the work itself is a direct or indirect cause of the longer lifespan, but the potential benefits of working until later in life make it easy to see how this is possible.

For starters, people who continue work into retirement age are generally healthier people who don’t smoke, stay active, and avoid the stresses of a drastic change from work to leisure.

Psychologically, people who continue working generally feel more fulfilled than their retired counterparts.

Cognitive abilities have seen to be extended due to the consistent use of them for people who remain at work, which leads to a better quality of life later on.

Of course, there’s no guarantee that working longer will lead to a longer life, but the indirect benefits are obvious, and the probability of extending your life by continuing to work in a fulfilling, stress-free job is higher than the alternative.

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