Live for Now not Forever
It is absolutely imaginable that I, being born in the 90s, would have a greater life expectancy at birth than grandmother had in the 20s or my mother had 50s. What is not so simply grasped is the change in expected life span within one individual’s life. According to Nation Master, the life expectancy in 1997 for a Maltese-American female was about 80 years old. When I used the calculator on the “Living to 100” website, using my current age, my expected life span was determined to be 90 years. An increase in life expectancy is expected due to the constant increase in medical advancements and awareness of how to maintain basic health. However, I did not expect a whole 10 year difference. I believe a great deal of the dramatic leap has to do with the fact that my current life expectancy was generated toward my life specifically while the life expectancy at birth was a general number for all Maltese-American females born in 1997. I tend to care for my body by eating healthy and exercising; I imagine many others …show more content…
The harsh reality is that death is the one thing humans can count, but it cannot be determined exactly when, no matter how she lives her life. I believe in God and religion, but I also believe in science and medicine. I fully understand that one cannot treat her body poorly and expect to live well and long, but people can spend their entire lives doing everything right and die and 46 from a brain aneurism. This part of life terrifies many, and although I am not uncertainty’s number one fan, I am comforted by the fact that I have no idea when I am going to die. I might as well just keep living as best as I know how because whether I make it to that 90th birthday or not 90 days from now, as long as I can say it was a good run, I will be just
It is absolutely imaginable that I, being born in the 90s, would have a greater life expectancy at birth than grandmother had in the 20s or my mother had 50s. What is not so simply grasped is the change in expected life span within one individual’s life. According to Nation Master, the life expectancy in 1997 for a Maltese-American female was about 80 years old. When I used the calculator on the “Living to 100” website, using my current age, my expected life span was determined to be 90 years. An increase in life expectancy is expected due to the constant increase in medical advancements and awareness of how to maintain basic health. However, I did not expect a whole 10 year difference. I believe a great deal of the dramatic leap has to do with the fact that my current life expectancy was generated toward my life specifically while the life expectancy at birth was a general number for all Maltese-American females born in 1997. I tend to care for my body by eating healthy and exercising; I imagine many others …show more content…
The harsh reality is that death is the one thing humans can count, but it cannot be determined exactly when, no matter how she lives her life. I believe in God and religion, but I also believe in science and medicine. I fully understand that one cannot treat her body poorly and expect to live well and long, but people can spend their entire lives doing everything right and die and 46 from a brain aneurism. This part of life terrifies many, and although I am not uncertainty’s number one fan, I am comforted by the fact that I have no idea when I am going to die. I might as well just keep living as best as I know how because whether I make it to that 90th birthday or not 90 days from now, as long as I can say it was a good run, I will be just