If you knew how much time you have left to live, what would you do differently?
Recently a friend sent me a link to the “Life Expectancy Calculator”. After taking the quiz, I was pleased - and relieved! - to learn that I might actually have another twenty or so years yet to live! Then I got to thinking how incredibly swiftly the last twenty years sped by. If the next twenty pass just as swiftly, they’ll be gone in a flash! It made me realize that I’ve got to get busy making the most of the time I have left!
With the current economic and political uncertainty in our world, it’s easy to put everything on hold and wait for things to get better before getting on with our lives. It seems easier to just stay put: To put off building a new home; to delay that trip abroad, to wait until the stock market turns around, or until the war is over, or until….
But if, like me, you’re in your 50’s or 60’s, or even 70’s, you realize that time is passing. The question is this: Knowing I have a finite amount of time left to live, HOW do I want to live?
Do I want to play “turtle” and pull in my head, waiting for events to make it safe for me to come out and play?
Or do I want to make the very most of what time I have left? When I look at it THAT way, it’s a “no-brainer”!
I choose to LIVE and EMBRACE LIFE in the time I have left! This is my last bite of the apple!
Maybe this means I’ll call the travel agent and take that trip to Australia. Or maybe it means I’ll sell this old house (that was great when the kids were growing up, but that is fast becoming an albatross!) and build a new Cambridge Homes luxury patio home that has all the bells and whistles I’ve always wanted.
Whatever I’ve been wanting to do, this I know for certain: NOW is the Time!
To check out the Live Expectancy Calculator, just click below: