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Is there a certain age people starting counting down the years they have left?
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:00 pm
Someone who turns 20 or 30 isn’t really thinking about the few years they have left. They have their whole life ahead of them. Like the brain just veils the reality of mortality.
But if you turn, say, 65, does it settle in that you probably only have about 15 years left? That each month, each Christmas, each year is another ticking of the clock as the inevitable end approaches?
I find myself not so much thinking about death at my age (37), but I think about how I only have 13 years until 50. Is that when I’ll start thinking about death being around the corner?
But if you turn, say, 65, does it settle in that you probably only have about 15 years left? That each month, each Christmas, each year is another ticking of the clock as the inevitable end approaches?
I find myself not so much thinking about death at my age (37), but I think about how I only have 13 years until 50. Is that when I’ll start thinking about death being around the corner?
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Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:01 pm to StringedInstruments
Any day can be your last day
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:03 pm to StringedInstruments
I started thinking about it at 2.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:04 pm to Codythetiger
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Any day can be your last day
Well sure, but that’s just if there’s a freak accident. You’re highly unlikely to die of an accident or even get a terminal illness diagnosis in your 20s, 30s, or 40s. Hell even 50s and early 60s, you’re probably safe.
This post was edited on 1/30/22 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:04 pm to StringedInstruments
I’m 37 and watching my father slowly die from cancer. I think about it all the time as I watch my kids grow up. I’ve stated thinking more about enjoying the time I have with them than focusing on the time I don’t have.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:04 pm to StringedInstruments
No. I turned 46 a few months ago. I'm healthy, exercise regularly, and still have a lot of fun. The only thing I catch myself counting down is retiring.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:06 pm to StringedInstruments
21, 30, or 65 depending on the kind of person you are
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:07 pm to StringedInstruments
When you look back and see how fast the last 20 years have flown by, then realize in 20 years I will be in my 70’s if I live that long.
That’s when it hits you.
When people your age or younger start dying off from heart attack or Covid or whatever, that will make you start thinking about it too.
In my 30’s or 40’s, never thought about it.
That’s when it hits you.
When people your age or younger start dying off from heart attack or Covid or whatever, that will make you start thinking about it too.
In my 30’s or 40’s, never thought about it.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:08 pm to StringedInstruments
59. that's when i started.
Put 5,475 pennies in a jar and every day take 1 out.
Figured at 59 I would live another 15 years, 15 x 365.
When I take a penny out every day I reflect on how I spent that day and how I want I want to do tomorrow.
Life is fleeting...don't waste it.
Put 5,475 pennies in a jar and every day take 1 out.
Figured at 59 I would live another 15 years, 15 x 365.
When I take a penny out every day I reflect on how I spent that day and how I want I want to do tomorrow.
Life is fleeting...don't waste it.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:08 pm to StringedInstruments
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:08 pm to StringedInstruments
Now there's more to do
Than watch my sailboat glide
And everyday can be
My magic carpet ride
And I can play hide and seek with my fears
And live my days instead of counting my years
LINK
Than watch my sailboat glide
And everyday can be
My magic carpet ride
And I can play hide and seek with my fears
And live my days instead of counting my years
LINK
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:08 pm to StringedInstruments
Probably around 80
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:09 pm to StringedInstruments
I’m 62 and don’t think about it at all. No one knows so why worry about it? Just enjoy each day your given.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:10 pm to StringedInstruments
There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do, and mostly, live.
The Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:10 pm to StringedInstruments
50/55.
I always say I have 25 years left. It definitely feels like the clock is ticking in a way it didn’t when I was 30.
I always say I have 25 years left. It definitely feels like the clock is ticking in a way it didn’t when I was 30.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:12 pm to StringedInstruments
I come from a pretty big family, with a lot of aunts, uncles, and cousins. My mother (no pics) was the youngest of her family, so that puts me on the younger end of the spectrum for the large pack of cousins. Growing up, you feel like your grandparents and all of your aunts and uncles will seem to live forever. Then, the grandparents pass. Then, over the last ten years seven of my aunts and uncles have passed, and a couple of my older cousins. These people you thought would be around forever when you were a kid are gone, one by one, and that's what got me really thinking about my own mortality. My folks are still around but I realize there is a very good chance that they'll be gone too in the next ten to fifteen years, and it kind of scares the hell out of me. I realize that when that happens, I'll be the old grandpa of the family. 
I'm not really afraid of dying...what sucks is as I get older, everyone else gets older and seeing all of them dying. There was one good line from the fabled Indiana Jones movie that doesn't exist: "We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away."
I'm not really afraid of dying...what sucks is as I get older, everyone else gets older and seeing all of them dying. There was one good line from the fabled Indiana Jones movie that doesn't exist: "We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away."
This post was edited on 1/31/22 at 10:03 am
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:14 pm to StringedInstruments
I think 50 probably. It has crossed my mind though...
Only because I look to see what age at I can retire at
Only because I look to see what age at I can retire at
This post was edited on 1/30/22 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:17 pm to StringedInstruments
Instead of years, I’m counting down the new young tail I’ll be able to get. Sobering.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:17 pm to StringedInstruments
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They have their whole life ahead of them.
Depends on the quality of the expected life ahead. Factors other than age may apply. Religion/Faith for sure. I used to wonder if it's better to peak early or save the best for last. Still wondering about that.
Posted on 1/30/22 at 9:19 pm to StringedInstruments
I see my parents maybe twice a year. They are early 70s. When I put it in perspective it's like I'll only see them 20-30 more times probably. That saddens me.
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