Extend Your Life Expectancy by 30 Years

It’s New Year’s Day and like millions of other people, I’ve got the impulse to look ahead and make plans. I’ve given myself a year to extend my life expectancy by 30 years and improve my chances of staying healthy in old age.

To be able to do that I need to work out what my life expectancy is at the moment. There are plenty of online calculators, but they come up with different results:

So, one day a week I’m going to focus on finding the most reliable way to establish my current life expectancy and then, how to increase it. I’ll have a thorough check-up and send my DNA to a lab to be analysed.

The rest of the week I’ll look at diet, lifestyle, body awareness and relationships. I’ll also report on what the experts are saying and highlight any relevant breakthroughs in science, medicine and technology.

Sunday is the quietest day of the week for me, so that’ll be the day to reflect on how things are going, the purpose of it all and what I can do so that others will have the same chance of life.

I have no idea how this will turn out, or how to measure my success without waiting until the end of my life to see if it worked. The only thing I’m sure of right now is that by this time next year I’ll know myself a whole lot better.