To say you will have an extra twenty or thirty years of wellness and activity does not give much of a picture of what this really means.

Taken on their own like that, they are just numbers.

But what they really mean is that you will finally have the time to do so many of the things that you could never fit in to your busy schedule. And you will still be in good shape, and able to undertake these activities fully.

For example, if the demands of career and family have kept you from ever taking a sea cruise, now you will be able to. And you will not be confined to the lounge or a deck chair, but will be frolicking in the pool, or dancing the night away.

Travel of all kinds will be open to you. And because of your superior good health you will possibly be able to outlast the tour guide through the activities and walkabouts during the day, and still have energy left for a full evening afterwards.

Or perhaps you have always wanted to start up a business, perhaps a little cottage industry, or something on the Internet, but never had the time. Well, now you'll have two or three decades. (We know CEO's in America running companies, to the family's dismay, at age 100 years.)