Preston Ware
English 1- 7th
4/30/2015
Effects of living an extremely long life

Living a long life is a wish that has been around forever. Think about it, were always thinking of some new way to live longer, exercise more, eat healthier, or get more sleep.Although living an extremely long life seems awesome there are some disadvantages that we may not usually think about. Therefore, beneficial factors might include getting to see the mars landing, however watching friends and family die might not be so intriguing.
The advantages of living an extremely long life make living forever put on your wish list. One key benefit to being around forever would be the experience gained during this eternity. For example, in the movie Interstellar the N.A.S.A space program sent astronauts on a mission through a black hole to another galaxy to possible “new earth” candidates. Now if this is to ever happen it is definitely not going to be any time soon, but wouldn’t it be amazing to be around if it ever does. With the “superpower” of living extremely long anything and everything on a “to do list” could be completed, whether that would be traveling to far off destinations, writing 1,000 novels, experiencing exotic cuisines or sleeping for 20 hours a day. I like to think about how just living for an extra 50 years would be, just think about how far technology has come in the last 50 years and think how far it will come in he next 50 years.
living an extremely long life is well thought up and may seem great; but disadvantages like ennui after having “seen it all and done it all” or losing the “will to live”, need to be considered. Some of the major disadvantages are taking life for granted, watching friends and family die, and losing the conviction to try to make a difference. As time passes being able to relate to new friends would get harder and harder because culture and manners of people change over long periods of time.
Therefore, whether a person is attempting to drink from the fountain of youth or stick to that special veggie diet living forever or living an extremely long life can only be fully understood by experiencing the eternity. So rather than getting caught up in the everyday workout one might consider that a fully formed opinion can only come from experience.