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How long do you want live? 80, 90, 100?
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How long do you want live? 80, 90, 100?
Do you have a number in mind? Do you want to live to be 80, 90 or 100? How about 115 or 120?
Do you think it matters what your expectations are? I do. I think if you expect to live a long healthy life, your chances of doing so are greater.
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I plan...on my 100th birthday party, my senior citizen children will be at my party. I will stand up on my own two feet, and I will blow out the candles on my wonderful cheesecake with fresh strawberries on top!
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I take supplements, eat well, avoid toxic things as much as I can (nearly impossible) , and I try to give all my cares to God and count on His grace.
It's all in His hands. I'm going to live to the fullest.
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I'm 77 now, and as far as I know, the oldest in our clan of the past several decades. I do feel mentally alert . I am a writer. I think writing is the thing that keeps me alert actually, and I'd like to feel that I will have at least another couple of decades to keep at it. I've kept journals for years, but have now moved on to full-scale memoirs which give me an enormous sense of having something worthwhile to do. I think that's important for any person, whatever your age, but especially as you move up into the "senior" years. Make sure you have something you absolutely love to do, and then share that with your family and trusted friends. It's definitely something to live for!
Both of my parents died in their 80's: 86 and 87. In both cases, their last couple of years were marked with a sharp decline in health. In fact, both died the night before they would of moved from assisted living to the nursing home section of the retirement community where they lived. I would not be happy, i don't think, living unable to dress myself, being incontinent, needing ehlp with many ADL's. I'm 69 now and still very active and trying new activites. So, do I want to live to 90? Yes, if I can still do most activities of daily living on my own and participate in community, learning activites, But not if I'm in a nursing home having everything done for me,
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I definitely agree. At present am 83, have a new hip and minimal other issues. I think 108 as a minimum. However, if my mind disintegrates then that is another matter but I feel as though it is still working well. I appreciate every day I am here and pray I am a positive example to all whom I touch.
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I'm 74. I plan to live to 94, then re-evaluate. 20 more years doesn't sound like a lot, especially now (The last 20 zoomed by.) But it may be a lot if my health deteriates.
@AARPTeri wrote:Do you have a number in mind? Do you want to live to be 80, 90 or 100? How about 115 or 120?
Do you think it matters what your expectations are? I do. I think if you expect to live a long healthy life, your chances of doing so are greater.
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I would like to enjoy living and contributing to life on Earth as long as I am not in continual or debilitating pain, I am mobile, and particularly as long as my mind and eyes function well. For me, that is not a number, rather, I aspire to an easy passing when the time comes to the Great Spirit, Allah, and by any other name or verballization, God.
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@AARPTeri wrote:Do you have a number in mind? Do you want to live to be 80, 90 or 100? How about 115 or 120?
Do you think it matters what your expectations are? I do. I think if you expect to live a long healthy life, your chances of doing so are greater.
I want to live to a healthy 100plus . I believe positive expectations matter. Also important is taking charge and LEADING your life, controlling what is within your control - how you eat, exercise, and continue to learn. I focus on extending youth rather than extending old age.
I believe you can live long as you want as long as you can control how much rest that you can have.
When you have loss that control people will drawn you to worthless matters. Claiming it is a matter life of death went it is not. Stay away from people that can not respect your privacy.
You may have to choice your association carefully.
You also need to choice your carefully that demand too much overtime.
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As for me it's not the quantity of life about the quality of it. As long as I am relatively if physically healthy, able to be independent, able to be mobile, and have a clear mind Reasonably good cognitive abilities then I want to live. At the point that any of the aforementioned are no longer true, then it's time for me to make the decision to stop medical intervention and allow nature to take it's natural course.
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