# @danbuettner on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdB6838OimW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70163248-danbuettner-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0fd31b276e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08T14:41:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dan Buettner (@danbuettner) — https://gondola.cc/danbuettner

## Caption

Loneliness might be the most underrated health risk there is. Past age 40 especially, it quietly shaves years off your life, and no supplement or workout fully makes up for it.

So when people ask me how to make friends as an adult, I give two simple answers.

One: volunteer. Go do something for somebody else. It gets you out of your own head, and it turns strangers into friends faster than almost anything.

Two: make it personal. Don’t overthink it. Invite one person to lunch this week. That is the whole strategy.
We will move across the country, join a club, download another app, when really the most powerful thing we can do for our health is make one new friend.

That is the secret hiding in every blue zone. The longest lived people on earth are surrounded by friends who show up, year after year.

So tell me: who are you going to invite to lunch? 👇

#bluezones #longevity #healthyaging #loneliness #friendship community eatingto100 danbuettner liveto100 moai

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loneliness, healthyaging, bluezones, friendship, longevity

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