This mortality thing.

[ClichéGuevara]

That clock is ace. I'm only just over middle aged and will live for years.

I never have to look at junctions or stop at a red light ever again.

 

[MrPie]

[QUOTE 3947928, member: 76"]Well everyone here is wondering about when the end will come, why don't we all find exactly.............

http://www.deathclock.cc/

For me it's Tuesday, March 11, 2059, I wonder if that will be am or pm, as I was hoping to go the cinema. I may book an early showing just in case....[/QUOTE]

Yay, according to the death clock I'm gonna live to 100! I've always said I'm gonna live to 100, or die trying.

 

[Mrs M]

22 November 2075 for Mr M
Wow, he'll be 113!

 

[Haitch]

August 16, 2016!

 

[buggi]

I deal with it by going out and getting pissed. Haha. Joking aside, I'm 45 in May and see my life slipping away sometimes. Then I remember I'm more fortunate that two thirds of the world's people even if I do having a boring job and want to be painting instead. That makes me feel better

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Is it dealing with the fear, or dealing with what mortality means that is the problem?

@Tin Pot

I wouldn't say I was afraid of what's to come - more of an irritation that I am wonderfully happy at the moment (happiest I have ever been tbh) and I want it to go on and on and on...

Seems like a Life's 'last laugh' thing to me - I spent years striving to climb the corporate ladder, pay off the mortgage and generally get into a position of security. And now I'm there the 'golden years' seem a bit too short.

That's it really, not depressed, not worried, not afraid - just a bit miffed.

 

[Dayvo]

August 16, 2016!

I'd stay at home, if I were you.

 

[ufkacbln]

 

[wheresthetorch]

I think it was Socrates who, when asked if he feared death, said he didn't. He said when he died he would either go to the Elysium Fields (ancient Greece's equivalent of heaven) or it would be like being asleep forever. He said either outcome would be quite pleasant.

 

[Tin Pot]

@Tin Pot

I wouldn't say I was afraid of what's to come - more of an irritation that I am wonderfully happy at the moment (happiest I have ever been tbh) and I want it to go on and on and on...

Seems like a Life's 'last laugh' thing to me - I spent years striving to climb the corporate ladder, pay off the mortgage and generally get into a position of security. And now I'm there the 'golden years' seem a bit too short.

That's it really, not depressed, not worried, not afraid - just a bit miffed.

Well, just live in the moment and enjoy it then

No point in regrets!

 

[theclaud]

August 16, 2016!

Crikey. Best make sure we schedule our Fridays tour visit before the autumn.

 

[jhawk]

I'm 21. I've had a few friends die in RTCs, and one from cancer - she was ten.

One died on New Year's Day this year, early hours, blindsided on the driver's side by another vehicle travelling all too fast on a country lane. Never stood a chance. Two other passengers, both have since made a full recovery.

My mother died when she was 42 and I was twelve. Whole range of health issues, diabetes, kidney failure, anorexia - she also smoked for forty years, but gave it up when she was forty. I was so proud. I always keep a picture of her and my Nan at Mum's wedding in my wallet. I often wonder how she'd view my life today - whether she'd be too keen on the idea of me setting off across a country on a bicycle. I reckon she would, you know.

I am well aware of my own mortality, having had a couple of close calls on my bike. But it's not something I dwell on. I will live my life as fully as possible, and so long as death is swift and painless, I'll be alright with that.

 

[Headgardener]

Says I could do with doing more exercise but as it also says that I will die on the 18 of March 2051 I shan't bother doing to much as I will be 91 when my time comes. A good innings I think.

 

[flake99please]

I was born a Buddhist, meaning I was born to Buddhist parents, grew up in Buddhist household....

Regular visitor at the centre near Kelmarsh then?

As for the subject raised in the OP...

I dont fear death, but I do fear for those that I would leave behind.

 

[bozmandb9]

A long while back I thought I was going to live forever. Now I'm sure that I won't.

I ponder a bit these days as I approach the 60 years old watershed on my impending demise. Not obsessively but the thought flits in and out of focus in the odd quiet moment.

Not in a miserable way and not through any real fear of death - not that I see that as something to relish with glee either. Although that could change of course.

I was just wondering how other people deal with something we all have to face at some time.

I get all the 'live every day as your last', 'do it today there might not be a tomorrow' etc stuff but ultimately there is a terminal moment waiting up the track for all of us.

For me, I feel a certain sadness. The days of hard toil, worrying about career and fretting over bills are long gone for me. I'm in a happy space but the thought that with a bit of luck I'm probably only around for 15-20 years at best, is a bit of a killjoy.

How do you deal with it?

Why 15-20 years? Is there any reason you should go on over 100? Life expectancy is on the rise, I'm expecting to see at least 100 (I'm 44 now), if in shape and living reasonably healthily, I think seeing 100 is a reasonable expectation. My grandfather made it into his 80's, my fathers going strong (pedalling away), in his 70's.

60 is the new 40! Enjoy it.