Here is one of the many parenting ideas that is fun https://brajeshwar.com/2022/the-quirky-productivity-tip-for-...
What do you think the world will be like in 40+ years that gives you hope?
Climate change is concerning, but totally addressable with technology. We absolutely can fix ground water, ocean warming, carbon ratios. It involves will, resources, and the technology to be thoughtful of how we impact the planet, instead of randomly doing it as side effects. There are some "trivial" fixes for many issues that can be implemented if we decide we want to (paint 1/4 the sahara white, solar shades in space, etc). They are not hard and if things get bad we will take them more seriously.
Healthcare affordability is essentially a policy issue, but there is no reason in 40 years that healthcare can't be effectively free with AI/Robotics driving down the cost.
Rising healthcare is mitigated by insurance and personal responsibility. Climate change, drinking water, ocean warming, and other global disasters cannot be mitigated alone or individually and so we limit our concerns over what we can have a direct impact upon. My kids will work, provide for themselves, care for others, and have good attitudes. Death is inevitable. Hope is essential.
as for eating healthy. It's all about finding some recipes you like: finding that over on the ven diagram between healthy eating and love to eat. of course if you grew up on a completely fast food diet you're body will be way too addicted. I suppose it's like asking a heroin addict to not do heroin everyday: that may feel like torture too.
Cool website though!
Personally I have https://www.bryanbraun.com/your-life/weeks.html printed and hanging on the wall next to me, and each week I fill another square.
Having a real-time view of how long we have left to live have always filled me with energy and hope, somehow. But similarly to you, many people seem to think it's macabre/bizarre.
Besides, it's terribly self-centered. If you're taking care of an elderly parent or someone with a terminal disease, then it can be macabre to be so focused on your own mortality.
I don't see how it can be motivating. But perhaps I'm missing a key insight.
> Your next milestone is 08 Aug 2030 when you’ll be the 5th billionth person to be alive in the world.
I can't work out what they mean by this.
Or 5 billionth youngest, whatever lol
I'm going to take a walk outside today and try to think less about dark things.
I would hazard a guess that most people haven't developed their philosophy on life well enough to benefit from staring into the abyss. The catch-22 is that the only way to really get to that point is to spend some time wandering through the valley of the shadow of death. Personally, I think that sacrifice is worth it, because the only thing we are all obligated to do in life is die.
> There are people younger and people older than you
Wow, the more you know.
I don't think it's supposed to do that.
It's strange to think about. My perception of how long certain eras of my life were is...off.
Grade school felt like an absolute eternity, yet I've been with my wife longer than I went to grade school, and yet these last 13 years haven't felt that long.
I've done 41 years, and can expect to do another 42.7, based on that site. Those 41 years have felt like a damn long time, yet each year seems to go by faster than the previous, so the second half will feel shorter than the first half. On one hand, that means retirement feels closer, but on the other, it means retirement will feel shorter.
It also just so happens that I'm right in the middle of my (projected) lifespan, which would certainly qualify me as middle-aged. But I refuse to identify as such because I feel Boomers turned it into such a negative phrase. Boomers just generally seemed to obsess over aging and retiring and dying in a way that I thankfully don't see among my Millenial and Gen X peers.
also, the back button is broken.
After all, it's all about numbers.
