The Single Resolution That Could Help You Have a Healthy Year, According to Science
"Participants reporting a higher sense of purpose also reported a greater likelihood to enact all health behaviors of interest and higher self-rated health."—Dr. Patrick Hill, lead study author
The study surveyed 749 people from the time they were in elementary school to present day (the participants' average age is now 60), and, according to the study’s lead author Patrick Hill, PhD, "Participants reporting a higher sense of purpose also reported a greater likelihood to enact all health behaviors of interest and higher self-rated health."
The study also found a correlation between people's sense of their life's purpose and their likelihood to participate in other types of healthy behavior, including healthy eating, exercise, and quality of sleep. Essentially these findings point to "the importance of considering healthy lifestyle habits as a prominent explanation for why purposeful individuals experience better health outcomes," Dr. Hill said in the press release.
So resolving to find your purpose in life in 2018 is kind of like a goal catchall, akin to wishing for unlimited wishes. Setting a healthy foundation for your life may allow for unlimited success in all the other resolutions you may aim to follow.
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