Comments on: When will you die?

By: Pop

Pop — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:08:15 +0000

Hey, thanks for stopping by. And J.D. is way too generous. I, like everybody, can always use a good editor. Thanks for stopping by, and I’ll be sure to check out EYF.

By: FinEngr

FinEngr — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:43:32 +0000

Wrote about this topic a while back, and going beyond the age, it seems people neglect the overall decline in health with each passing year. The longer you live, the harder it becomes to maintain status quo.

Referring to the science term, it’s like “exponential decay” were you could be a healthy young buck at 85, then experience an onslaught of medical issues at 86, and even more at 87.

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By: K Smith

K Smith — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:20:38 +0000

I have a number of friends and family members who are over age 70. Some have a very modest retirement income, and others have income that greatly outpaces their expenses.

Their biggest concern is not that they will outlive their money, but that they will experience a debilitating health issue and spend their final years in a nursing home. It’s not the cost of nursing home care that concerns them – even among those for whom cost would be an issue. It is the idea of not living a vital life among family and friends.

It is interesting how our priorities change as we move thru the stages of life.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:00:12 +0000

I appreciate this outlook on how to plan for retirement. The point is to not plan too optimistically (or pessimistically depending on what you’re worried about) and bet that you’ll be dead by 80, but there’s no point in stressing out about the absolute worst case (as in living to 122).

The best laid plans fall to pieces the second reality intervenes, but humans can adapt very well. Make your plan, stick with it and stop stressing. Retirement is still retirement, whether you’re making 100% of your working wages or 50% of your working wages.

By: Rob Bennett

Rob Bennett — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:00:53 +0000

Either there is an afterlife, which is my personal belief, or there’s not. And if there’s not, it doesn’t seem like death would feel like much of anything. I’m not afraid of nothing.

This sounds exactly right to me. When people think they are experiencing a fear about dying, what they are really experiencing is a fear of not living. Our worst fear is that we will get old and it will be too late to do the things we most wanted to do with our lives and we will look back at our choices and regret them.

Viewed this way, the fear of dying becomes a wonderful gift. It’s a huge motivator. Without the certainly of eventual death, life would stretch before us forever boring and pointless. It is the prospect of certain death that gives life its flavor and purpose. It is because we know that we are going to die that Life Is Worth Living!

I feel better now.

Rob