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A dearly departed friend of mine said at age 70 when new car shopping, "This may be the last car I ever buy." She said it 3 more times. Gave up driving at age 90, lived until 94.
I’m 68. Ten more years would be fine. What I don’t want is to live too long. I don’t want to outlive my friends and family. I saw too much of that with my former job. I trust that God will give me the right number of years.
So yes, I have thought about it and I want to make the most of this part of my life
Without dwelling on death too much, thinking about time left can make one savor more and enjoy each day, each week, and moments more.
And when thinking of purchasing anything I think about whether I really need it, considering my age and time left.
I'm also stunned by hearing the denial at times surrounding it.
Is it denial??? My Mom lived to age 92, my FIL the same. Both in their own homes until their last month or so. I'm 65, DH is 66. When we bought our most recent home last year, I asked, Do you think this is our forever house? He laughed and so did I.
A dearly departed friend of mine said at age 70 when new car shopping, "This may be the last car I ever buy." She said it 3 more times. Gave up driving at age 90, lived until 94.
I just bought my third new car since 1992. If I keep it 15 years, I'll be 80. Certainly I thought of that!
I think about it for financial planning and for whether it is worth planting slow growing trees.
But nobody is "average" so each of us still has a good chance on any given day of beating the reaper.
I got a chuckle from your tree comment. I planted a dwarf mugo pine 3 years ago. It didn't make it through last winter so I replaced it with a new one last summer. Also a slow grower. I look at it sometimes and think I should have bought a bigger one to start.
I don't think about it too deeply nor dwell upon it. I just had a conversation a couple of days ago with a 93 year old relative and we talked about death and it centered on the fact that nobody knows when death will happen, that an airplane can go over our home and loose a wheel that crashes through the roof and we're dead as a result...just like that.
Better things than death to think about .
"Death comes with a crawl, or comes with a pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry,
It isn't the fact that you're dead that counts,
But only how did you die?"
Yeah, I think about it, was thinking about CDs and wondering if at age 60 I want to go for more than 5 years.
I think about it but I refuse to dwell on it.
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