Day 19: Health Span

We don't often stop to think about how long we're going to be alive vs. how long we're going to be healthy.

Some might see this as moribund, or melancholy, but to me, it helps me put my days into context.

What is important, what is not important?

What do I want, and how do I plan on getting there?

The object of the game is not to live a long life, it is to live a full life.

For the interested, here's a sketch of my plan.

Here are the bullet points...

• I'm 41 Now, my son is 3.
• At 56 my son will be 18.
• I would like to retire from 'active duty' around this time so I can enjoy my time with my son.
• I have 15 years to position my finances and health to be able to work as much or as little as I want to do fun things with my kid. (I use a whole life insurance policy to help with this)
• My health will start to decline at around 85 (if I'm lucky)
• I'll live to be about 100 (because medical technology advances are only increasing in velocity)
• I'll have 20-30 really fun years of dancing at weddings, singing bad karaoke, volunteering at disasters, living in a van, riding bikes up mountains, etc. if I play my cards right.

Having this clarity helps me identify and choose what's important TODAY.

It's a fun exercise, try it.