Daily writing prompt

What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?

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Sure, why not.

I often think about living a long life, and why I would want to. I’m only in my 30’s, and I think about how I still have many years of my life to go. There’s so much that I want to experience, whether it be visiting a new country, seeing my family grow, or meet new friends along the way, a lot of that may not happen until much later in my life.

There’s also the fact that I’m afraid of death, or the unknown of death, and wanting to live a long life is just me prolonging that. I have lost some nights of sleep because my brain would not stop thinking about what would happen to me when I finally go. It’s pretty scary to me, which is why I want to keep that away until I’m well into my 90’s and maybe then, I’ll be ready for it. But death is unpredictable so…