{"id":38752,"date":"2024-10-09T21:55:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T04:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=38752"},"modified":"2024-10-09T21:55:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T04:55:30","slug":"live-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/live-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Live it Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u2018100-year life,\u2019 by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott is a very interesting read though I did not fully read it and fully understand the concepts that were discussed. However, when considering the concept of living longer and the challenges that comes with it, I do feel the importance of making wise choices regardless of how many years one will be given. It would be a wise decision to be safe than to be sorry if not prepared for the future. As the saying goes, \u201cBy failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.\u201d [1]<\/a> The authors give the kind of words of warning in the introduction,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in the midst of an extraordinary transition that few of us are prepared for. If we get it right, it will be a real gift; to ignore and fail to prepare will be a curse. Just as globalization and technology changed how people lived and worked, so over the coming years increasing longevity will do the same.\u201d [2]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Personally, in a sense, the book sounds like it is prophesying about the future of society and of mankind, which is kind of uncomfortable. In Chapter 1, Living the Gift of a Long Life, \u201cBut look at Figure 1.1 \u2013 in the year 2107, being a centenarian will no longer be a rarity. In fact, it will be a norm, and considerably more than half of those 8-year-olds you know will still be alive.\u201d [3]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FIGURE 1.1 Oldest age at which 50% of babies born in 2007 are predicted to still be alive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It may be the results of improvement in technology and the advancement in the medical that has the positive effect on the longevity of one\u2019s life that is illustrated by the Fig, 1.1. Does this mean that has time goes on the longevity is to keep increasing? The working-outs can be convincing and beautiful, but does this mean that it will actually happen? This reminds of Tim Harford, \u2018How to Make the World Add Up,\u2019 where he outlines his 10 golden rules about dealing with statistics and data.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n

Psalms 90:10 \u2013 \u201cOur days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and fly away.\u201d [5]<\/a><\/strong> How would we reconcile the concept we read in light of what the Psalmist declared? Is this figurative? Or does this mean that the longevity is cursed and decreasing, since before this time, the life expectancy is longer? It seems to be from being more years to lesser years.<\/p>\n

One of the many take away from this reading for myself is that my main responsibility to myself which is to keep it maintained and upgraded regardless of how long I think I would live! I never imagined myself to be a centenarian, but my goal is to be grateful and make use of what given. But to be personally responsible, it is not a bad idea to fall back on this advice,<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>A life well lived requires careful planning in order to balance the financial and the non-financial, the economic and the psychological, the rational and the emotional. Getting your finances right is essential to a 100-year life, but money is far from being the most important resource. Family, friendships, mental health and happiness are all crucial components.\u201d [6]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This book is full of wise advice about living our lives here and now. I would like to come back to it and read it thoroughly. For example, I like the chapter on scenarios \u2013 \u2018the possible selves\u2019 where it gives examples of lives to live or lives that could be lived. It is a book that I would keep in my bookshelves, or my kindle app.<\/p>\n

[<\/a>1] https:\/\/www.socratic-method.com\/quote-meanings-interpretations\/benjamin-franklin-by-failing-to-prepare-you-are-preparing-to-fail-2<\/p>\n

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[2]<\/a> Gratton, Lynda; Scott, Andrew J. The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity (p. 1). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Ibid (Chapter 1).<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Harford, Tim. How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers. Bridge Street Press.<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> New International Version. Psalms 90:10.<\/p>\n

[6]<\/a> Gratton, Lynda; Scott, Andrew J. The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity (p. 5). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.<\/p>\n

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