What I Learned from My 102-Year-Old Grandmother #WednesdayWithWyan
Capitalism.com with Ryan Daniel Moran
Capitalism.com
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🗓️ 14 August 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Every time Ryan visits his grandparents, he pretends it's the last time. He's been asking them about their lives, their greatest moments, regrets and secrets for longevity and happiness.
Today he shares what 2 things all of his grandparents agreed was key to a fulfilling life even through economic depressions and wars.
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| 0:00.0 | Yesterday, I spent pretty much all day with my 88-year-old grandparents. |
| 0:05.0 | I pretend every time I see them that it's the last time. |
| 0:10.0 | And I spent time asking them about their life, their regrets, the secret to living a long time, |
| 0:19.0 | what the greatest era that they remember was, the greatest time of their life. |
| 0:23.4 | What was the worst time? |
| 0:26.0 | And two things came up among all three of them. |
| 0:37.1 | Hey, capitalists. It's time to crack open your favorite beverage. I like Zivia. |
| 0:43.4 | This is Wednesday with Wyand on capitalism.com. |
| 0:51.1 | I'm at a nursing home right now. I was just visiting my 102 year old, technically step-grandmother, but I call her grandma. And yesterday I spent pretty much all day with my 88-year-old grandparents. I pretend every time I see them that it's the last time. |
| 1:13.1 | And I came home to Cleveland and was like, this really probably is the last time for at least one of the three. |
| 1:24.3 | And I spent time asking them about their life, their regrets, the secret to living a long time, |
| 1:33.1 | what the greatest era that they remember was, the greatest time of their life, what was the |
| 1:38.4 | worst time. |
| 1:40.6 | And two things came up among both of all three of them. |
| 1:45.0 | Number one, |
| 1:47.0 | I asked them the secret to longevity and being happy when you're old. |
| 1:54.0 | All three of them eat chocolate, candy, sugar. |
| 2:00.0 | My grandma actually said, the secret to health, my diet, Klondike |
| 2:05.6 | bars and chocolate bars. And my 102-year-old grandmother is eating Snickers bars and Burger King. |
| 2:14.9 | So it wasn't what they ate. Both of them had low expectations. |
| 2:22.7 | So they were always stress-free. |
| 2:25.7 | But they lived through wars, |
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