Anthony Brooks

If you go back just over 100 years to 1900, the average life expectancy was around 47.

Today, it hovers near 80.

So that means we're living three decades longer than we used to.

You know, I spoke to a bunch of experts on this subject, and one of them put it this way, that if you're 54, you could be only halfway through adulthood.

And by the way, I came across this fact, which sort of blew my mind, Aisha.

According to the U.S.

Census Bureau, the number of Americans living into their 90s by 2050 could be as much as 10 times higher than it was in 1980.

So that means if you're one of those people and you're 45, you're only halfway through your life.

So you've got half your life ahead of you.

So when you hit that traditional retirement age, there's still a lot of life left to live.

That's the main point here.

You got a good chance, Ayesha.

You got a good chance.

Yeah, it is crazy.

And consider that some 80 million people in the United States are over the age of 60 and there are more and more of them every day.

In fact, as many as 10,000 people a day are turning 65.

So we're living longer and there are a whole lot more of us thinking about sort of what do we do with this extra two or three decades of life?

And those who study this period have given it a name.

It's called middle-essence.

Think of it as a later-in-life adolescence.