Welcome to my Ten Thousand Day Project…
But “what is it?” I hear you ask…
In early October 2021, with my 50th Birthday fast approaching, I calculated that there were 10,000 days until my 80th Birthday.
I’d also recently moved to the beautiful Rutland countryside and was taking some time away from work to recover from the stresses and strains of corporate life.
Male life expectancy in UK drops for first time in 40 years…
The Guardian, September 2021
The headline in The Guardian gave me some food for thought and I’d also signed-up for the ‘Go Sober for October’ charity initiative.
Then, as if by some sort of divine intervention, on a long dog walk with Henry the Dalmatian, I had an idea… perhaps just the embryo of an idea… to embark on a potentially life-changing project.
I laid out the facts before me…
- Statistically, I’m likely to live until I’m almost 80 (79.2 apparently)
- However, I’ve lived to excess for large parts of my life, albeit staying fairly fit
- My current job has generally led to misery for myself and those around me
- We’ve just had a global pandemic (Covid-19) which impacted everyone in some way
- In almost exactly 10,000 days I’ll be 80 years old
So, I asked myself an important question…
What if I spend the next 10,000 days doing things I actually enjoy?
OK, so it won’t ALL be things I enjoy, but if I at least look to enjoy each of the next 10,000 days in some way, even by doing just one little thing that makes me happy, then by Friday 19th February 2049 several things should hopefully have happened…
- I’ll still be alive
- I’ll be retired, but still contributing to life
- I’ll be about to enter my 80th Birthday weekend
- I’ll have done many, many things that I enjoyed doing
- I’ll hopefully be happier, healthier and more fulfilled
- I’ll have a lot of memories to look back on
- I’ll have created my own little piece of potted history
So, with all that said, here we go… tally ho!
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