Friday, November 11, 2011
Death Clock
According to my death clock (www.deathclock.com) I will die on March 29th, 2072 which would make me 84 years old. I'd like to think that if given another 60+ years I would be able to accomplish the things I want to in life in order to accept my death and look forward to my journey in the afterlife. Obviously you can't take this 'death clock' very seriously, but it did make me think hard about how I want to feel about my life when I'm 84 years old which is something I've never given much thought to.
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I went and did this as well, and according to the website, I will die on May 19, 2080, at the ripe old age of 90 years old.I have always said that growing old is one of the things that I'm not looking forward to, not because of the supficial aspects of how I'll look, but because I don't want to get to the point where I can't take care of myself. Imagining myself at 90 is a hard thing to do.
ReplyDeleteMy death clock predicts that I will live to be 73 which although is younger than the others posted, I feel that is old enough. I often hear elderly people tell me in conversation "never get old" relating to all the problems that come as we near the end stages of our lives. I don't know how well I would handle the deterioration of my body if I were to live into my eighties or nineties and certainly would be at a loss for what to do with all that time if I were unable to walk or care for myself.
ReplyDeleteI’m going to be completely honest and say that I don’t feel comfortable using this death clock. I know it’s probably seems silly, but I feel that if I was given what I would hope would be a date that is a long ways away from my current age of 22 I might start trying to live my life to that goal and only that goal. I believe that if I was told I would die from a professional death diagnose and my time was minimal (like a month or year) I could accept it. But being told so far in advance that I will die of old age just seems really unnecessary to be and overall just freaks me out a little!
ReplyDeleteAccording to this death clock website, my death will be on Saturday, May 3rd, 2070. When changing the mode to optimistic instead of normal my death changed to Sunday, May 27, 2085. Truthfully, how could an Internet website predict one’s death? However, when reading the webpage, the author describes the site as “A friendly reminder that life is slipping away.” My favorite quote is “Love each day” because every day is not guaranteed and life is so beautiful. I wish more people thought in these terms, so maybe all we need is a friendly reminder to appreciate life. Plus, my death was prolonged when being optimistic.
ReplyDeleteI went to deathclock.com also and my death date is Wednesday, May 13, 2071 which would make me just over 79 years old. That's pretty avarage I guess. This site didn't ask for family history or go into many common medical conditions. I think that it's not accurate at all. Although, I would be happy is I lived until I was 79 my family on both sides have a history of living well into their 90s and some greatgrandparents on my dad's side even lived into their 100s. My grandmother just recently died in August of this year and she was 90 almost 91. I think these kinds of site are very crude and it's sad that some people (hopefully the majority don't) actually take these numbers seriously. Tay_Lauren, I agree with you that we should appreciate life more and not worry how long you will live but rather how you live the time that you do have and if you live your life how you want and feel confortable with yourself, it shouldn't matter if you live to 50 or 150.
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