How I Will Get Healthier – and Stay Healthy – by 2030 (and beyond)

As of this posting, I am 30 years old, at 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm) tall, and I weigh at about 120 lbs (54 kg). I have never smoked anything or drank any alcohol, and have no plans to do either. By the way, I also have not tested positive for COVID-19, and I’m keeping my travels and physical interactions with others done to a bare minimum. So, by all accounts, I’m a pretty healthy person currently. But what could I do to make sure I can stay healthy for the coming decade, or for as long as I will live?

Longevity

I heard for years that elderly people can develop many diseases as they get older that can complicate their ways of living. They are all humans who age the same rate, and yet they can have vastly different ages when they pass away, usually depending on their lifestyles, or maybe on the environments they live in, too. Around the world, there are areas named “Blue Zones“, in which senior citizens are thriving in health even up to age 100 or older; Okinawa, Japan is most notable for this – the senior population there have often included those who set the Guinness Book of World Records for the oldest man and/or woman living on Earth. So what I’m interested in doing health-wise is to develop the kind of habits while I’m still young that could help me reach and maintain a healthy state once I’m older, like the elders in the blue zones who are in their 100’s+, instead of other elders who may die in their 70’s or younger.

While I know that this may be about planning ahead for the next 10 years, what I do for my health in that timeframe will also influence the course of my life for decades to come. If possible, I would like to live long enough to see the dawn of the 22nd Century (I would be aged 110 by then), and maybe get to meet some of my great-grandchildren along the way, if any are born.

Sickness Prevention

So, in the way I choose to live in the coming decade, I will strive to prevent and/or delay as many diseases as medically possible for me, including arthritis, cancer, and diabetes, as well as to keep away from getting headaches, the common cold, and of course, since it’s 2020, the dreaded Coronavirus. The more I’ve looked into these, the more I’ve realized these preventative measures all share the same set of 4 habits in common: diet, exercise, personal activity, and social activity. I intend the 2020s to be a decade of high ambitions, but with those can also come high times of stress and anxiety when things may not go according to plan, which means I’d have to find ways to relieve this stress as well.

Diet

Exercise

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On most days, I don’t feel any pain in my back. But there are times when I can be in sedentary positions for about 50-90 minutes (sitting or standing still), and that can trigger muscle tensions in my lower back. I’ve already been to doctors and physical therapists for their help in treating this; they said the best solution is to do some exercises to strengthen the muscles in my lower back, allowing them to better resist the pressures and stretches that can be caused by the curve in the spine. We also looked into getting surgery for spine correction, but a doctor told me it was unnecessary since the curve is mild and stable. Also, getting the surgery would inhibit my back’s flexibility, so I would be unable to bend.

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In the coming decade, I’m interested in building up my physical appearance, and more importantly, my physical strength. After COVID-19 is no longer a social threat (and I do believe it will leave us in the 2020s), I’m open to going to gyms and/or outdoors for workouts with friends – I think the guidance would be a lot more helpful to my progress, and also makes it more fun to have company!