By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To me, nothing feels more like being dead than being in your 20s and having no direction in your life.
If you're not getting older, you're dead.
I'm old, not dead.
I always thought I was going to die before I was 60.
I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.
When you're young, you think life is forever, but it's finite. I'm 68, so even by the maddest measurements, I'm in the last bit of life.
I've lived the life of a 35-year-old since I was 18.
This year, when I turn 65, I thought, 'So weird;' when I was a kid, people who were 65 either retired or died. I'm so nowhere near that.
I think most of us who live into our 50s have had a few experiences with death. You know, we see people we know start to die. We realize it's getting closer and closer for us.
I don't like being 50 and I don't like thinking about death.