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Pretty cool. I hope you don't get sick, sincerely. Also, I hope you've done the hard thinking about the years when you are 50-60+ years of age. Life changes as

• madaxe_again 10y ago
  I've had my share of health troubles - and it turns out healthcare is surprisingly good and surprisingly affordable in parts of the world where you wouldn't expect it. I had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Thailand for $250. In terms of the mysterious future - what's the point in preserving a half-life until the bitter end, an enfeebled and intubated shadow of a living thing? I know plenty of diligent planners who had their plans shattered by fate - I was one. If anything, dicing with my own mortality pushed me towards not worrying about a future that may never happen. If I one day get a serious health nasty, I will likely die. If it's treatable, it's treatable. That will be invariate whether in a hospital in the US, or in a hut in the Andes. I'd rather go out with a nice view. As a culture we seem to put an inordinate focus on our future selves, while neglecting our current selves. Then we wake up at 60 and realise that ahead of us is only arthritis and gout, and the good years are irrevocably gone. Talking to octagenerians is an excellent pastime - we young'n's can learn a lot from their experiences and perspective.
• bromuro 10y ago
  This kind of worries are normal when you are used to a job routine, but are out of place once you see how many different opportunities life has to offer, e.g. when traveling around the world. Also how is a good idea to think about the far future when you don't even know where you are the next year?