Excellent work…Gen X here and no kids. This topic is something I think about daily. My silent generation parents lived/living long, but not without considerable help from their children, while having fairly good cognition and mobility. Key factors, paid off their home by the time they were in their 50s, teamsters union benefits over a long career and in early retirement. So based on my own experience, I get concerned about longevity without having children. I would love a society that embraces longevity and the realistic limits that come along with it.
You lay out a lot of issues. To me, the real takeaway (which I realised only when it could have been too late) is to start early. I keep pressuring my kids (to their great annoyance) to do what they can to prepare financially with extra pensions. And because everyone tells me I am inspiring and I think I am just an ordinary woman with a streak of persistence I wrote this https://arichardson.substack.com/p/just-keep-going-72d about keeping up the exercise.
Yes I do, still. You can see me do so in a two minute video in a pinned post on my Substack. It has no intellectual value but people find it fun. I like to think my writing is more interesting, but fun is always worthwhile.
Yes I do, still. You can see me do so in a two minute video in a pinned post on my Substack. It has no intellectual value but people find it fun. I like to think my writing is more interesting, but fun is always worthwhile.
This is a really comprehensive of the issues we face as we age. The home design piece was of particular interest to me. I live in a house with stairs. Many of my friends bought homes without stairs and with wider hallways to allow wheel chair access.
I want stairs in my home. I'm not planning for age-related decrepitude. Perhaps I should, but I believe mindset is powerful. If you believe you're going to decline to the point where you can't navigate stairs and need a wheelchair, then the odds are greater that you will. My mom had stairs in her home, which she navigated until she died at 93. I believe those stairs contributed to her health span and her life span.
Thank you for this information. Valuable and much food for thought, Bryan.
Excellent work…Gen X here and no kids. This topic is something I think about daily. My silent generation parents lived/living long, but not without considerable help from their children, while having fairly good cognition and mobility. Key factors, paid off their home by the time they were in their 50s, teamsters union benefits over a long career and in early retirement. So based on my own experience, I get concerned about longevity without having children. I would love a society that embraces longevity and the realistic limits that come along with it.
You lay out a lot of issues. To me, the real takeaway (which I realised only when it could have been too late) is to start early. I keep pressuring my kids (to their great annoyance) to do what they can to prepare financially with extra pensions. And because everyone tells me I am inspiring and I think I am just an ordinary woman with a streak of persistence I wrote this https://arichardson.substack.com/p/just-keep-going-72d about keeping up the exercise.
Yes I do, still. You can see me do so in a two minute video in a pinned post on my Substack. It has no intellectual value but people find it fun. I like to think my writing is more interesting, but fun is always worthwhile.
I love this Ann, thx for sharing the link.
You stand on your head — that is extra-ordinary! 👏
Yes I do, still. You can see me do so in a two minute video in a pinned post on my Substack. It has no intellectual value but people find it fun. I like to think my writing is more interesting, but fun is always worthwhile.
This is a really comprehensive of the issues we face as we age. The home design piece was of particular interest to me. I live in a house with stairs. Many of my friends bought homes without stairs and with wider hallways to allow wheel chair access.
I want stairs in my home. I'm not planning for age-related decrepitude. Perhaps I should, but I believe mindset is powerful. If you believe you're going to decline to the point where you can't navigate stairs and need a wheelchair, then the odds are greater that you will. My mom had stairs in her home, which she navigated until she died at 93. I believe those stairs contributed to her health span and her life span.
Thank you for this information. Valuable and much food for thought, Bryan.