As lifespans increase, people have to prepare—mentally and financially—to work well into their 70s and 80s. That’s going to require a new plan.
Yuck. Just because we’re living longer doesn’t mean we’re aging slower. An 80 year old is an 80 year old is an 80 year old, regardless of how old they live to be. The elderly should not have to work to survive.
On a related note, this is why I don’t care to live until 100 or 120 or whatever. I don’t want to live in an elderly body for multiple decades.
Well we are actually also aging more slowly, or at least some of us are, and we are more likely to be the working old people. I agree it would be nice to be able to retire, but half a lifetime in retirement probably won’t work out for me or society. Already I have worked for 40 years and at a “real job” (one that could be described as a career) for 25 years. I don’t see any possibility of retirement for probably 15 more years unless we get an unexpected windfall.
Agree on not living to 100. 85 is a good run and not sure I want to get older than that, bodies can only last a limited time no matter how well we treat them. But people my age, especially women, are predicted to live past 90, that’s crazy. How am I supposed to make enough money to retire while I can enjoy it some AND live past 90?
Get military training. It’s a practical job skill, and if you can get into the ranks of bodyguards for a billionaire’s island moutnain compound, you’ll be set for your life once you all decide to leave him alone deep sea scuba diving. And even if your career does not reach those rarefied heights, your skills will be in high demmand during the apocalypse.
