Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Virtual Age.....how old are you?

Thought I'd add someting a little different for the Holidays:


This website calculates your 'virtual age'.

http://www.peterrussell.com/

just go down and click on the

'life expectancy calculator'.

So when I went to calculate my life, this is the result I got:

Biological Age: 59
Virtual Age: 37

Average Life Expectancy: 78
Your Life Expectancy: 99

Phew, I said to myself. Living until I'm 99 years old ! I have a ways to go before the end. Unfortunately, living where I do, I see first hand the result of living into old age - and it's not pretty. There are those exceptions, of course. But an argument I had with a friend who lives in Florida went like this: She said "the sunshine all year long keeps you healthier and living longer and better........". Another friend, who lives in New England said this: "the cold whether keeps and preserves you, so you live longer.....".

So, which is it?? Sunshine vs. cold??

Doesn't matter to me because I attempt to get as much vitamin d from the sun as I can all year long and then supplement with caster (yuck!) oil. Soooooo I'm thinking that as long as I am able to live an independent and purposeful life, it doesn't matter to me how long I live - just as long as I am living and doing and not plunked in front of my tv set 24/7.

So for the fun of it, check out your virtual age!

As an aside, if you are struggling to get a holiday gift for someone who loves to read, someone who loves to learn, then this is a (my opinion only) great book to give. It's called POLITICAL PONEROLOGY by Andrew Lobaczewski. Only 235 pages, but packed with punch.

I'm just finishing the book for the second time. It's about the nature of evil in politics and life. But more than that, it's a fascinating historical account of what happens when psychopaths become leaders (of a country, of a town, of a workplace, of relationships). . . . . .and what you need to know to survive these people who are in control of your life (they are everywhere on some level).

Good book, great read, a survival book for someone you love (and don't forget yourself).

~ The Mediator