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Life expectancy at 91.6 for Utah boomers
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A lot whine that they can't pay tithing and afford to live. Baloney. An older car and a smaller house and kids that have to get a job to pay for their own pleasures. It's a good life. It's called provident living.
The result is kids with realistic financial skills and "golden years" time to make a real difference volunteering in service to others. Its a good life, and when it's over, it is time well spent.
If the whiners notice, there are lots of people living this lifestyle all around them right now. They just don't make as much noise as the whiners.
Beginning of Age Interval for Utah Residents" - Male age 50 = 30 years (that's a BOOMER'S REMAINING LIFE EXPECTANCY!), and female age 50 = 33 years (again, a BOOMER!). Check it out at health dot utah dot gov. The expectancy for Utah Boomers is NOT an eventual age of 92, but approx. 82!
1. Do my financial planning as if they're right.
2. Try to live properly so that those years are as enjoyable as possible.
3. Do work and hobbies so that I remain active for decades to come.
4. Plan to give back for years to come.
If the stats are wrong... what harm have I done? So I don't get the negative people who love to degrade the possible longevity in the name of "realism."
With the astonishing rise in childhood obesity and diabetes, it's extremely unlikely that life expectancies will continue on an uninterrupted rise. Maybe new medical miracles will overcome our increasingly poor lifestyle choices, but I'm a little skeptical about that possibility. On the other side of the coin, the world is well overdue for a widespread epidemic.
Bottom line, nobody really know what todays boomer life expectancy really is.
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