Old enough to die

When do You Know you are old Enough to die?

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When do you know you're old enough to die? Barbara Ehrenreich has some answersWhen do you know you're old enough to die? Barbara Ehrenreich has some answers

Sat 7 Apr 2018 11.01 BST

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Four years ago, Barbara Ehrenreich, 76, reached the realisation that she was old enough to die. Not that the author, journalist and political activist was sick; she just didn’t want to spoil the time she had left undergoing myriad preventive medical tests or restricting her diet in pursuit of a longer life.

While she would seek help for an urgent health issue, she wouldn’t look for problems.

Now Ehrenreich felt free to enjoy herself. “I tend to worry that a lot of my friends who are my age don’t get to that point,” she tells the Guardian. “They’re frantically scrambling for new things that might prolong their lives.”/../
By Lucy Rock