Northwestern Mutual's questionnaire applet to predict one's life expectancy only takes a couple of minutes to complete. It says that I could expect to live to 85. Losing 20 pounds raises my projected life span to 86. I'm not sure living an extra year is worth the effort of going on a diet-and-exercise program and disciplining myself for the rest of my life to keep it off.
The good news is that I won't be lonely. My spouse should outlive me by a substantial margin--perhaps one of the reasons she's urging me to keep building the nest egg and not retire early.
No comments:
Post a Comment