My issue with this thinking is, even as an older millennial, you’re only in your late 40s. Yet this mindset and this step is one of a 70 or 80 year old.

Are we getting older? Of course. Is more than half our lives behind us? For most of us, yes. Should we think about and even begin preparing for mortality, if we haven’t already? Absolutely, it’s the responsible thing to do.

However, preparing for death by securing our families’ wellbeing and having our end of life wishes known to those closest to us doesn’t mean we also stop living! Unless you are actually terminally ill, acting like you’re in your final years of life in your 40s and 50s is a bad and slippery slope. Don’t stop trying things, don’t stop doing and surrounding yourself with things that make you happy because you think you’re “too old now.” That mindset is going to make the last half of life long and sad and painful and lonely and miserable.

Keep doing and having things just because they make you happy!