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Smoking and drinking a lot are probably the best ways to avoid nursing homes. Living a long time isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Personally, dying at 70 seems about ideal to me. Of course maybe I'll change my mind if/once I reach 70.




70 is younger than you think it is.

My dad is in his seventies, and just built an addition on the house alone, by hand in his free time while working a full-time job. From pouring the slab, to framing, to roofing, to electrical just because he was bored.

I think there's a lot to be said for arriving at your seventies still being the kind of person who goes, 'I'm bored, I need to go and build something with my hands.' There's obviously a lot of luck involved in not having any major health complications, but fortune favors the prepared.

Being relentlessly active and curious is a really, really big deal as you age and it's so easy to fall in the trap of retiring, and sitting on the couch with a beer watching Fox news.


There is a concept of healthspan, and elderly in their 70s who just have weak muscles & less energy with no mental or other physical health conditions or medication requirements.




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