I’m back…

 I probably mentioned that I’m bad with blogs and diaries.  It’s 2025, and I rest my case.

I’m taking a little different approach to this this time I think.  I don’t know, we’ll see.

I’m old.  Average life expectancy of a male in the US at the time I’m writing this is apparently 82 years old.  A lot of folks die young though, so since I’ve made it to 70 my estimated life axpectancy jumps to an ancient 85!

But then there is the history of cancer.  There is a lot of numbers bouncing around, but is seems a history of cancer reduces life expectancy by around 5 year.  A history of diabetes seem so have about the same 5 years deduction.

85 years old life expectancy minus 5 year for cancer and 5 years for diabetes..I have 5 years left.  

Sitting here at 70 years old and realizing statistically I have 5 years left for everything I didn’t do in the last 70, it could be daunting, if I hadn’t given up.  What is the use of a bucket list.  My wife died in 2018.  My kids are are too tied up creating their own lives to worry about sharing the end of mine.  Most days I hope it’s closer to 5 more years than 10 more.