THE STEPS
Follow these simple steps and pledge to make changes in your personal surroundings.
STEP 1.
LEARN
Read the best-selling book Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest. We also recommend reading The Blue Zones Solution and watching Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner’s Ted Talk.
STEP 2.
MEASURE
The three-minute online True Vitality Test will estimate how long you’ll live and give you customized tips to live longer.
STEP 3.
PARTICIPATE
Show up to participate in at least one activity below in the next six months:
- Join a Blue Zones Project Moai®.
- Attend a Purpose Workshop.
- Volunteer with Blue Zones Project or another organization in your community.
- Join a Blue Zones Project Action Force.
STEP 4.
PERSONAL CHECKLIST
Select at least five actions from the list below that you will complete within the next six months.
STEP 5.
SIGN UP
Sign up to stay in touch and for continuing information on what’s happening in your community.
Personal Checklist
Select at least five actions that you will complete within the next six months:
- Keep a comfortable pair of walking shoes or a bike in plain sight.
- Adopt a dog if I am ready and willing, or volunteer to be a dog walker at least 3x/week.
- If possible, remove all computers and electronics from my bedroom.
- Designate a space in my home for quiet time, meditation, or prayer.
- If possible, remove TVs and computers from kitchen and dining areas and/or create a place to park mobile phones away from the eating area.
- Own a bathroom scale, put it in plain sight, and weigh myself regularly.
- Attend a plant-based cooking class.
- Grow a garden at my home, adopt a plot at a community garden, or create a garden moai to support someone who has a garden and is willing to share.
- Schedule a weekly happy hour or get together with friends.
- Have a conversation about getting older with family and/or friends.
- Actively participate in a faith-based organization or try a new one.
FIVE PROMISES
Start your journey today and make the following promises to yourself:
- I will live a better, longer life.
- I will begin to have more energy, feel stronger, and become healthier.
- I will meet new people and nurture supportive friendships.
- I will discover my purpose and put it to work.
- I will be the change that makes my community a better place to live.
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Scottsdale Residents Have Taken the Pledge
