Have been telling friends and family since I was young (13 or so), I wanted to live to be 120. Most people think I'm nuts, "Why would you want to live that long?" "It won't be fun, what about your family, friends, etc?" Let's be clear on this, I want to live to be 120 in a healthy, relatively functional in both mind and body. Otherwise, I agree, 120 would not be any fun. However, given the advances in medicine, nutrition, disease prevention and science in general I think I can live that long and be functional and happy.
I want to live to the year 2086 just to be able to see the new advances in technology and see where this world ends up.
Check out this article on how Doctors now think even some people with chronic illnesses can live to be 100!
Even with chronic illness, you may live to 100 - Aging- msnbc.com
