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Planning for a 100-Year Lifespan

  • Writer: Tamara Edwards
    Tamara Edwards
  • Dec 1, 2025
  • 1 min read

Children born today have nearly a 50% chance of living past 100, according to the Stanford Center on Longevity.


It’s a miracle. And it’s a mandate. 


A longer life demands a longer vision. Estate plans once designed for 80-year lifespans now need to stretch across generations, careers, and reinvention. Traditional retirement is no longer an endpoint, but a midpoint. 


Families that plan for longevity now must think beyond preservation and toward purposeful endurance. 


That means investing in lifelong learning, intergenerational mentorship, and sustainable wealth systems that can evolve with time. 

We need to stop asking what we’ll do when we grow old — and start asking who we’ll become.” 

Because longevity isn’t about living longer; it’s about expanding meaning. A 100-year life isn’t something to survive — it’s something to anticipate and steward. 

 
 
 

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