Hello, readers. I know, I know, that’s no way to start a column. It’s like making a phone call. Which, by the way, I hoped this column would evolve into. From a written column to a simple phone call. But the editor would have none of it. Her exact instructions to me are, “Try and write something that connects with the youth”.
Sadly, I have to ignore her instructions because I know nothing about underwear. Instead, I thought I’d go the other way, (I always go the other way according to my driving record), and talk to those aged over 50. All things being relative in countries where the average age of the population is higher, such as Japan, 50 is pretty much in the youth bracket.
After a lot of pontificating, and even more sleeping, I’ve come up with a list of job opportunities, some say career choices, that will give a person a fresh lease of life. Let me be clear, the science being very sketchy, it may not improve your health, but there is some data to say you will live a few minutes more. In the long run. In the final estimate. When your race is run. Looking back, that is, after you have passed on.
