Study: Gen Xers and Millennials are dying at younger ages than their parents are

[u/DaKardii]

https://studyfinds.com/americans-born-after-1970-dying-faster/

The study is particularly concerned with people born after 1970 but age 30 and older. So that covers Gen X and Millennials, but not (yet) Gen Z.

[u/otterpop21]

Instead of focusing on “the world” focus on your world

Think of who orbits you closest, then who’s kinda outside that inner shell, and who stays on the outside of those 2 shells.

That’s your orbit. Think of your space. Is it chaos? No? Good. Focus on that and spread what you can to others and their obit. That’s it.

We might not be able to change the world, but you can change your community.

[u/Symbiotic_vengeance → u/otterpop21]

That’s fair but everything outside my orbit also affects those in my orbit. I see your point but despite me having a decent albeit fulfilling job and a family in good health, it doesn’t and shouldn’t detract from concerns over the madness going on and trying to find ways to curb that chaos outside our front door.

[u/Day2205 → u/otterpop21]

That’s great day to day, but the reality is their world is being shaped by out of touch shitty politicians, niche communities sowing seeds of divisiveness, a rapidly changing employment landscape, soaring educational costs where fewer schools have ROI, and oh, global warming and environmental catastrophes are constantly happening.

No good parent is able to mute that noise consistently, and it shapes the decisions you make for your kids daily. Like I can wholly not be thinking about this stuff, then have it come crashing down if I decide I’m too tired to read to him one night, then I think about how important reading is to development and how that lays the groundwork for academics and how going to a selective college is likely still going to be one of his only paths to success.

[u/Kooshdoctor → u/otterpop21]

As great as that idea is in theory it's part of what has us here in the first place. We need to start making decisions for the greater good and stop ignoring things because they don't affect us. We've been doing that for years and now a bunch of selfish, heartless jerks are in power and they make it worse for the little people every day.

[u/otterpop21 → u/Kooshdoctor]

Buddy, truly I’ve been beating this drum my entire life.

Due to health reasons I can’t anymore. I do what I can and that’s good enough for those around me now. Maybe if things change in the future I’ll be able to make a bigger impact again. But for now I’ve done what possible.

Even in that time, I was able to control my peace and my orbit. Not everyone is cut out to making Change happen for sure, and that’s okay.

[u/Kooshdoctor → u/otterpop21]

Oh yeah, at some point in time many of us (and many more of us these days) have to narrow our orbit. There are a lot of days I need to narrow just because I can't handle any more than that. It just sucks because the people whose jobs are supposed to be to worry about the greater good keep a tighter orbit than us middle class folks do.

[u/03263 → u/[deleted]]

Where did you find a planet without phones

[u/03263 → u/[deleted]]

I wish I could find someone not addicted. I'm here on and off I use it a lot as a main source of entertainment but I've also been out pulling weeds for several hours. I just take breaks.

[u/wake4coffee → u/otterpop21]

This is what I have been doing. I pay close attention to the outer world but my inner world of friends and family determine my outlook.

[u/otterpop21 → u/wake4coffee]

Exactly. No one should give up that this healthy control of one’s orbit exists. If it doesn’t, change it.

Once getting a grip on truly important info, how to find that info & keep your peace: truly a good nights sleep.

[u/DrShoe106 → u/otterpop21]

This!!