Q: What do you think of the 100-year life, people living for 100 years?
Living to 100 in a country that does not have national health care is fairly difficult. But if you were planning to try to live such a long life, I imagine you would need to start taking extra good care of yourself very early in life. You’d also need to start financial planning very early on, to make sure you have enough money to support yourself in old age.
I don’t personally think that trying to live to 100 or longer is worthwhile unless you have an exceptional body and mind. Both of my grandparents lived to be 95 years old, but they both had health and mental conditions (one had dementia, one had Alzheimer’s disease) that left them living in facilities. I am not personally interested in this kind of life.
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Q: 人生100年、人間が100年生きることについてどう思う？
A: 国民保健サービスがない国で100歳まで生きるのは相当難しいわね。それだけ長く生きようと思うなら人生のかなり早い段階から、相当自分の体に気をつける必要があると思うわ。お金の計画を早いうちから始めること、歳をとってもやっていけるだけの十分なお金を確保する必要もあるわね。
人並みはずれた身体と心を持っていない限り、100歳以上生きようとすることに価値があるとは思っていないわ。私の祖父母は二人とも９５歳まで生きたけど健康面、精神面の問題があったので（一人は認知症で、もう一人はアルツハイマー）施設に入っていたの。個人的にはそういう人生に興味がないわ。
