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I'm hoping to still be cruising the mountains into my 70s, hunting deer and elk. At a minimum still chasing chukars behind pointing dogs (will have plenty of time for training then).

If I make it to 80 it will be a miracle, but if I do I'll still be hunting...maybe transition to huns...easier country.

Here's to the next 43yrs...

Our trust will not allow that. It's crystal clear in that regard.

I’ve always figured it was out of my hands. But if I live to the point of burden vs provider I’ll exit stage right on my own terms.

I honestly can’t imagine wanting to live if there weren’t folks depending on me.

Well, at 70 years old I'm just about to get the building permit to start building our last house. Also, building a great shop to go with it on some acreage. Once that is all complete I hope to make it at least a few more years to enjoy it , but to be honest, it is an investment for my kids to split when we are gone.

I've talked to my doctor, my cardiologist, and my family about this and I made it clear I have made out the proper forms that no heroic actions are to be taken to keep me alive if something serious happens, beyond first aid . Not to be kept alive on machines and hang on wasting resources and money for no reason. I've made it clear life is about quality of life, not quantity and I'm already at the point that if I went tomorrow I would have no complaints. I've squeezed a lot of life into my time and I'm pretty satisfied. As long as I can do for myself and still pursue all my varied hobbies and activities I will continue to keep active. Once that stops , it's time to go...

I’m ready to check out at anytime. Working on 60. The thought of living another 30 years scares me WAY more than dying today.

I would like to put a couple more 140+ whitetail on the wall.
But I also realize I’ve been a blessed man most my adult life.

My kids are all successful to their own measurements, they know I have no intention of leaving them a ton of money.
My wife still turns heads and a good all around gal to spend time with, so hanging around is okay too.

I am of the belief that if I was to become a burden to those I love, and cognizant that I am, I’m ending it.

Think about it a lot since losing my Dad. I had children very late in life. I'm 50 with a 6 and 4 year old boys. Part of me wants to live to see them married, have their own lives, etc. As crappy as my wife and I are getting along the last couple years, I passively don't really care if I wake up tomorrow. Doubt I'll ever be able to leave the boys what my Dad left me, I'm trying my best to not touch it so they can enjoy it.

Genetics says I should make 80 in fair shape.
Am 60 now.
Haven't had fun for a long while.
Not married, no grandkids..........really don't give a flip.
Like to sleep until October, then hunt 3 months and go back to bed.

Have similar view.
Practical and not emotional.

I want to live until God says it's time to come home.

I’m shooting for 110 yo. My grandfather at 94 was working on his mobile home and replaced all the overhangs on the roof by himself. During this project his appendix needed to be taken out so I re roofed it for him on the weekends. When grandpa was about 101, my grandmother passed. She was about 12 years younger. At that point my grandpa gave up and went downhill fast . He died at age 102. I think if he would have found another gal, he could have lived another 5 years. I know another man that is age 101 and still drives everyday. Stay active both physically and mentally and you guys might surprise yourself !!!

Hell if I had known I was going to live to be those old I would have taken better care of myself.

My Grandfather always said “ Take care of your body, you might have to live in it a long time”

I'd be Ok checking out today

But if I wake up tomorrow, I'm gonna see new places and do new things.
Or die trying...

For as long as I can contribute. For now, that’s leading, providing. Before too awful long, it’ll become supporting and encouraging the next generation’s goals and ambitions. Not too long after than, it’ll be caring for and educating the second generation (third? Wow, crazy thought) with a more generational, family tradition perspective. That, I hope, will involve a good bit of time in the out of doors with curious kids in wild places.

If God will grant me one prayer, it’s to never feel like I’m not making someone’s life a little better in some way. I’ve watched some people just waiting to die for a decade, plus. That’s no way to live.

I should, Just ask for one day at a time Sweet Jesus.

I love your sense of humor.
It’s none of my business, but I hope you can keep it up for a very long time.

I've been giving this one a good bit of thought over the past few years, mostly from the viewpoint of how to pack as much life into whatever years remain. I figure I've got far more control over the former, than the latter.

Having helped 2 grandmothers and now my own mother through Alzheimer's, I've seen that bstrd of a disease rob the final 10 to 15 years or their lives, and I want no part of it. The men on both sides of the family have lived to 90, more or less, when they could control their alcohol intake. Even so, while they did keep their wits to the end, their spirit & mobility waned far too long before their journeys ended. It seems that if I can make any lifestyle changes to up my vitality in whatever remaining years are assigned to me, I'd better do so now so they'll have a chance to make a meaningful difference.

Whereas my forebears took fistfuls of Rx meds to manage symptoms, I'm eating near-fistfuls of various supplements in an attempt to stave-off the need for any Rx meds later on. Better eating & more movement are also part of the plan. It could well be that the specialty docs I've enlisted to plot this course will end up being horribly wrong about it. Still, it can't be any worse of an outcome that what I'd get from what a couch-borne, Cheetoh-eating, Mt. Dew-drinking lifestyle would net me.

I still want to see the northern lights, harvest a bighorn, catch a muskie, get to the Himalayas, wander a bit in Australia, & hunt some more with as many of you guys as will have me. Now that grandkids are on the scene, I'll be obliged to teach knife skills & safety, first aid, basic bushcraft skills, firearms safety, shooting fundamentals, and the joys & responsibilities of the hunt. It also appears they'll have to turn to me to know what a man is, what a woman is, that capitalism is the state of nature, and that life aint all about them. I also really need to find out all the amazing things about my wife that I'm still learning day by day.

I figure I'm gonna need at least a few more decades to squeeze it all in.

FC

I've got some packages to ship this week but once they are in the mail any day is fine by me.

Right - not a chance. And, due to inculcated values, my wife and our kids - the family - do not do guilt trips.