I think death is what gives life a sense of urgency and meaning. If I can live a fulfilling life that leaves the world in some small way better than I found it and be able to stay active right up until the end around 90-95 that feels like success to me.
Also my focus is much more about healthspan than life span...much more interested in what Peter Attia has to say than David Sinclair. I want to be strong, sharp, and independent and am not as interested in living past about 90-95.
Not forever - but my goal is to make to a healthy happy 141. I want to live in three different centuries. I was born in 1961. Only 80 more years to go!
If we live a life that has, as Sarah Puls beautifully stated, “a sense of urgency and meaning,” and if we live that urgent and meaningful life expansively, we do not need to live forever. A single day can last forever in us. And the losses also live forever in us—the losses of loved family, friends, pets (sometimes the hardest). These are losses I could not bear forever. A natural, healthy life, say 85-to-90 years, if lived as it should, will be enough. And I want to be with those who have left me behind.
I think death is what gives life a sense of urgency and meaning. If I can live a fulfilling life that leaves the world in some small way better than I found it and be able to stay active right up until the end around 90-95 that feels like success to me.
Also my focus is much more about healthspan than life span...much more interested in what Peter Attia has to say than David Sinclair. I want to be strong, sharp, and independent and am not as interested in living past about 90-95.
Totally agree that healthspan is more important than lifespan. 1+1=3 if you're lucky!
Not forever - but my goal is to make to a healthy happy 141. I want to live in three different centuries. I was born in 1961. Only 80 more years to go!
If we live a life that has, as Sarah Puls beautifully stated, “a sense of urgency and meaning,” and if we live that urgent and meaningful life expansively, we do not need to live forever. A single day can last forever in us. And the losses also live forever in us—the losses of loved family, friends, pets (sometimes the hardest). These are losses I could not bear forever. A natural, healthy life, say 85-to-90 years, if lived as it should, will be enough. And I want to be with those who have left me behind.