Planning is important to enjoy fun and happiness throughout your 100-year life. If you can decide how you allocate your time in life, you will be closer to happiness. It is important to have the mental space to examine your own fun and happiness. It is also wise to have time separate from work, self-realization, and value creation. If you learn how to enjoy hobbies, eating, sleeping, etc., you can live a high-quality life without accumulating stress. “Increasing the amount of experience” seems to be one way to improve quality. It seems that a healthy lifespan and asset lifespan are necessary to increase experiences.
When seniors retire, their working life does not end there. After they retire, they start a second life making use of their skills. Unfortunately, the pension system is not sufficient. However, a certain level of life is guaranteed. There is also a way to live a life that is not sufficient by cutting back on it. There is also the option of working a little and getting a pension plus income from work. If you repeat the cycle of thinking, acting, and reflecting, you can enjoy a healthy senior life. If you can secure the so-called “healthy lifespan” and “asset lifespan,” you can live 100 years. The problems that arise in “living for 100 years” are summarized in how to extend “healthy lifespan” and “asset lifespan.” However, extending it alone is not fun. If you build a system that allows you to enjoy a lot of well-being while extending it, you will be able to live a fulfilling retirement.
In terms of “asset lifespan,” a favorable situation is being created for seniors. In summary, of Japan’s assets of 3,210 trillion yen, seniors hold 60% of this, or 2,200 trillion yen. Furthermore, regarding healthy lifespan, scientific advances are bringing good news to seniors. Until now, people have perceived aging as something that cannot be helped and that comes to everyone. This perception is beginning to change. A Copernican shift is occurring from the perception that aging is a natural process that cannot be cured, to the perception that it can be cured. The focus on immortality and longevity was on the “sirtuin gene,” which was published in Nature magazine in 2000. Since then, much research has been conducted in animal experiments and human clinical trials to show that activating sirtuins can suppress aging. In addition to these two, seniors should aim to achieve their own well-being.
