Do You Want To Live To Be A Hundred? What Are The Odds?

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isingly, one of the panel on this episode was a 92-year-old lady, who not only is the voice for aged care but is doing a university course on that topic.</p><p id="1cca">At ninety-two she is not languishing. Instead, she’s as sharp as a tack, and working as an advocate for change, for the elderly.</p><p id="fa2f">Would she want to live to be a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=centenarian+definition">centenarian</a>? If she continues her advocacy, and maintains friendships, sound physical and cognitive health, and has enough money to have fun, why not?</p><p id="64e6">But would I want to live to be a hundred?</p><h2 id="50c8">The answer is YES, with a few caveats</h2><ol><li><i>I don’t want to be dependent on anyone. But then, when I encounter the manic behavior on the roads, neither might I want to drive. Perhaps I should plan to have a personal chauffeur.</i></li><li><i>I need to be interested in the world around me. Right now, though I watch a little TV, my mind wanders to semi-planned topics for Medium. A good or a bad sign, would you say?</i></li><li><i>I need to still be writing on Medium, or wherever Medium takes me…SYNERGY perhaps?</i></li><li><i>I want to have new lenses in my eyes so that I am not reliant on glasses, which I am presently renowned for sitting on.</i></li><li><i>I want to still be able to run, though I may settle for walking, but not with a walker! To that end I need to be in charge of that, back straight, shoulders lifted, stretches, weights…I try to fit them all in…but not always successfully!</i></li><li><i>And I want to still be able to appreciate music, and sing, but NOT like a centenarian. Is that too much to ask?</i></li><li><i>I want still to be inquisitive, and observant about the world around me. I want to care. Without that there is nothing.</i></li><li><i>To still be engaged in the community, that is vitally important!</i></li><li><i>And if I must, I will start my own retirement home, one where residents will be called upon to demonstrate talent

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and be forgiven for the lapse in style…if there happens to be any! Some years ago, my colleagues and I planned for this. But to get into it you had to have something to offer…drama, cooking, play an instrument, and have a sense of humor.</i></li><li><i>And last, but certainly not least, if my husband lives to be one hundred, I want to live to be one hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without him. Thank you, Winnie!</i></li></ol><figure id="bc4d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*v4NYl0GpEXbD21Vs.jpg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="311f">Yet I don’t want to live to be one hundred if:</h2><ol><li><i>I am not in charge of my faculties.</i></li><li><i>Or if I am color-blind. Read into that what you wish!</i></li><li><i>Or if I need a nurse to get me through the day.</i></li><li><i>Or if I have lost the appreciation for fine food.</i></li><li><i>And don’t want to socialize.</i></li><li><i>Or if I am grumpy.</i></li><li><i>And complain about my bones creaking.</i></li><li><i>Or if the world has become intolerant of wisdom.</i></li><li><i>Or if, indeed, the world has forgotten who I am. I guess that one is totally up to me.</i></li></ol><p id="3741"><i>Life is what you make it!</i></p><p id="9a5a" type="7">‘I’ll never retire as long as I live — that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re in good health, living is exciting on its own.’</p><div id="6acd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/on-becoming-a-centenarian-5f451f71a221"> <div> <div> <h2>On Becoming A Centenarian</h2> <div><h3>A TANKA poem…this poetic style had its origins in Japan</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*kSFGiTGOQfaEV00x)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Bear in mind what they say about the best tunes. They’re played on the oldest fiddles!

Living to be one hundred: I think the odds are, that you won’t, but still, you never know. It’s not such an exclusive club as you might think.

‘In the 20th century, the average life expectancy shot up 30 years — the greatest gain in 5,000 years of human history. And this: Centenarians — folks who make it into the triple digits — aren’t such an exclusive club anymore, increasing 51% from 1990 to 2000. How to account for these dramatic leaps? Advances in health, education, and disease prevention and treatments are high on the list, and that makes sense. But what you may not know is that seemingly unimportant everyday habits, or circumstances in your past, can influence how long and how well you’ll live.’

Still, most of us don’t expect to reach that age, and neither, I suspect, do we plan for it, either financially, or physically.

A few weeks ago I was watching a current-affairs show on television. It has a varying panel of four, people from all walks of life, and one of the topics just happened to be on aged care.

Now here in Australia, aged care has had a very bad rap, and rightly so. Many of the organizations, bent on profit, and with little regard for welfare, are now ducking for cover.

Surprisingly, one of the panel on this episode was a 92-year-old lady, who not only is the voice for aged care but is doing a university course on that topic.

At ninety-two she is not languishing. Instead, she’s as sharp as a tack, and working as an advocate for change, for the elderly.

Would she want to live to be a centenarian? If she continues her advocacy, and maintains friendships, sound physical and cognitive health, and has enough money to have fun, why not?

But would I want to live to be a hundred?

The answer is YES, with a few caveats

I don’t want to be dependent on anyone. But then, when I encounter the manic behavior on the roads, neither might I want to drive. Perhaps I should plan to have a personal chauffeur.

I need to be interested in the world around me. Right now, though I watch a little TV, my mind wanders to semi-planned topics for Medium. A good or a bad sign, would you say?

I need to still be writing on Medium, or wherever Medium takes me…SYNERGY perhaps?

I want to have new lenses in my eyes so that I am not reliant on glasses, which I am presently renowned for sitting on.

I want to still be able to run, though I may settle for walking, but not with a walker! To that end I need to be in charge of that, back straight, shoulders lifted, stretches, weights…I try to fit them all in…but not always successfully!

And I want to still be able to appreciate music, and sing, but NOT like a centenarian. Is that too much to ask?

I want still to be inquisitive, and observant about the world around me. I want to care. Without that there is nothing.

To still be engaged in the community, that is vitally important!

And if I must, I will start my own retirement home, one where residents will be called upon to demonstrate talent and be forgiven for the lapse in style…if there happens to be any! Some years ago, my colleagues and I planned for this. But to get into it you had to have something to offer…drama, cooking, play an instrument, and have a sense of humor.

And last, but certainly not least, if my husband lives to be one hundred, I want to live to be one hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without him. Thank you, Winnie!

Yet I don’t want to live to be one hundred if:

I am not in charge of my faculties.

Or if I am color-blind. Read into that what you wish!

Or if I need a nurse to get me through the day.

Or if I have lost the appreciation for fine food.

And don’t want to socialize.

Or if I am grumpy.

And complain about my bones creaking.

Or if the world has become intolerant of wisdom.

Or if, indeed, the world has forgotten who I am. I guess that one is totally up to me.

Life is what you make it!

‘I’ll never retire as long as I live — that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re in good health, living is exciting on its own.’