By now, you’re familiar with Horvath’s clock, a way to determine someone’s biological age. Horvath’s team discovered that menopause speeds up cellular aging by an average of 6 percent. The research and resulting arguments “very, very strongly suggest that the loss of hormones that accompanies menopause accelerates or increases biologic age,” said Horvath to Time in 2016.

So here’s the kicker: with the state taxes we’re saving every year, we are literally paying off our entire new home in six years! Did you catch that? We’re paying for our entire home out of the tax savings we now get as residents of the Sunshine State instead of the Golden State. Kind of makes you think we should have done it sooner, huh? Better late than never.

Comprender y utilizar las fuerzas del dolor y del placer es lo que le permitirá, de una vez por todas, crear los cambios duraderos y las mejoras que desea para sí mismo y para aquellas personas que le importan. El no comprender esta fuerza le condena a un futuro en el que vivirá a base de reacciones, como un animal o una máquina.

Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author, wrote, “If you are self-motivated, wow, this world is tailored for you. The boundaries are all gone. But if you’re not self-motivated, this world will be a challenge because the walls, ceilings and floors that protected people are also disappearing. . . . There will be fewer limits, but also fewer guarantees. Your specific contribution will define your specific benefits much more. Just showing up will not cut it.