We are informed that the "average" life expectancy in the UK for men is 79 and for women 83.
Once you reach a certain age it certainly gives you focus on what you really want to do before you croak it.
I'm reckoning on another ten years in which I intend to commit the oldest sins in the most original of ways. After that I'm not really bothered, whether six feet under, or rambling on in sheltered housing with all the other golden oldies.