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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 07:58 AM Jun 2016

What would your 90-year-old self tell you to change today?



Odds are rising that you will live to be 100 years old.

That reality means re-examining your financial planning for retirement, and even how you think of retirement. What’s for certain is that retiring in your 60s, what has been standard, is less likely.

Careers will change as well. We likely will need to reinvent ourselves several times over in the course of our working life and remain open to change.

On the positive side, this gain in longevity is likely to be a boost in our healthy years of life, not of more years plagued by poor health and dementia.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-would-your-90-year-old-self-tell-you-to-change-today-2016-06-29
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What would your 90-year-old self tell you to change today? (Original Post) Zorro Jun 2016 OP
Great question! Squinch Jun 2016 #1
A researcher I know attributes the longevity of the Japanese and others in that part of the world merrily Jun 2016 #2
+1 MaggieD Jun 2016 #24
Mrs. 1SBM and I are 6 months into a completely plant-based diet ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #26
I'd go back to when I was 22 Ex Lurker Jun 2016 #3
Awww. You made me tear up. That was as romantic as The Notebook, which, for me, is the merrily Jun 2016 #11
I'd say, "Don't waste another minute reading stupid crap on the internet." Buzz Clik Jun 2016 #4
Or, "Don't waste another minute writing stupid crap on the internet." (wink) (n/t) PJMcK Jun 2016 #7
Or, "Tell everyone that mimicry isn't clever." Buzz Clik Jun 2016 #22
Sorry, Buzz Clik PJMcK Jun 2016 #23
Quite often, DU experience a minor epidemic of very narrow epidermises LanternWaste Jun 2016 #30
Don't eun for exercise. Getting fake knees every 10 years sucks. You keep getting shorter. AngryAmish Jun 2016 #5
My underwear. Every day. Because I wouldn't want to be caught in dirty undies. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #6
My socks. PJMcK Jun 2016 #8
"Don't hook up up with Katherine!" Bucky Jun 2016 #9
I had a Catheryn, too Aerows Jun 2016 #21
I can't live with regrets, it will drive you mad. Javaman Jun 2016 #10
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again... TipTok Jun 2016 #12
Either save a lot more or start smoking and eating junk food again? merrily Jun 2016 #13
"Don't waste time on internet bullshit." bemildred Jun 2016 #14
HaHaHa, bemildred! You have a very good message here for my 72-year-old self! enough Jun 2016 #15
I'm 71. We don't have time for bullshit. bemildred Jun 2016 #16
To push harder for legalized euthanasia I suspect. whatthehey Jun 2016 #17
Yeah, that too, it's not about just quantity, it's about quality. nt bemildred Jun 2016 #18
Drink less beer when I was younger. Exilednight Jun 2016 #19
Lesson #1: Save money for retirement. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #20
Great question MaggieD Jun 2016 #25
Take better care of you body. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #27
Move to Japan Matrosov Jun 2016 #28
"Good job on going back to the gym. Now how about doing some squats." GOLGO 13 Jun 2016 #29

Squinch

(50,773 posts)
1. Great question!
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 08:03 AM
Jun 2016

Take better care of my health,

Make more time for the ones I love, especially the first generation who will not always be with me.

Have the courage to follow the dream I have had since childhood but which I ignored for the first half of my life (according to your math) order to keep a roof overhead and food on the table.

Thanks for this thread!

merrily

(45,251 posts)
2. A researcher I know attributes the longevity of the Japanese and others in that part of the world
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 08:03 AM
Jun 2016

to the greater amount of fish in the diet. I don't know if she is correct, but she'd make a good ad for fish oil tablets!

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
24. +1
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 10:47 AM
Jun 2016

I take fish oil everyday, and there is lots of fish/seafood in my diet, which is nice since I live in the PNW where it is delicious and not polluted.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
26. Mrs. 1SBM and I are 6 months into a completely plant-based diet ...
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 10:57 AM
Jun 2016

with her being completely Vegan (I still, from time to time, eat cheese ... but no animal parts).

We have lost a combined 70+ lbs. and sleep a lot better.

Ex Lurker

(3,808 posts)
3. I'd go back to when I was 22
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 08:03 AM
Jun 2016

and tell myself to marry that girl. I've regretted not doing it ever since.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
11. Awww. You made me tear up. That was as romantic as The Notebook, which, for me, is the
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 09:25 AM
Jun 2016

ruler of all chick flicks.

Regret is not good for the soul or the body, though. I hope you find a way to end it.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
22. Or, "Tell everyone that mimicry isn't clever."
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 10:34 AM
Jun 2016

Even the stupidest of animals are quite capable of such things.

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
23. Sorry, Buzz Clik
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 10:44 AM
Jun 2016

I didn't mean to be unfunny or offensive. Please accept my apologies for trying to be clever before my second cup of coffee. By the way, I thought your post was funny!

Have a great day.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
30. Quite often, DU experience a minor epidemic of very narrow epidermises
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 01:02 PM
Jun 2016

Quite often, DU experience a minor epidemic of very narrow epidermises resulting in involuntary negative feedback. Don't sweat the small stuff; it's par for our mini-golf course-- just play past the windmills.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
6. My underwear. Every day. Because I wouldn't want to be caught in dirty undies.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 08:12 AM
Jun 2016

Some warnings and admonitions are timeless.

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
10. I can't live with regrets, it will drive you mad.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 09:01 AM
Jun 2016

reflect and learn from your mistakes.

love more, live more, have sex more and most of all, have more compassion.

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
12. Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again...
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 09:25 AM
Jun 2016

I suspect that 90 year old me will still be a Heinlein fan...

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
14. "Don't waste time on internet bullshit."
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 09:33 AM
Jun 2016

Have you noticed that "the internet is going crazy over" is being used in the same way as "some say" to spread bullshit?

 

Just reading posts

(688 posts)
20. Lesson #1: Save money for retirement.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 10:25 AM
Jun 2016

Lessons #2 & #3: See lesson #1.

This is what I'd be telling my 20 year old self, mind you. I learned the lesson some time ago, but I'd be in better shape had I known it when I was even younger.

 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
25. Great question
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 10:49 AM
Jun 2016

I think I finally have it together now, but in the past I would have worked less and spent more time with my family; quit smoking sooner; gotten in shape sooner. That's abut it. I have always been a saver and lived very simply, so retirement is looking okay for me.

redstatebluegirl

(12,264 posts)
27. Take better care of you body.
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 11:22 AM
Jun 2016

I would have taken a nutrition class in college, learned to cook the right way, the healthy way. I now understand what it costs, literally, not to do that. I was raised on a farm, we ate beef and pork almost every day. Fried stuff, gravy all of that. Hard habit to break.

I would also say to take things easy, don't sweat the small stuff.

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