What my 83-year-old says

What my 83-year-old says

Last week a friend, who enjoys nudging me (thank goodness), asked, “What would your 83-year-old self say to your 73-year-old self?” As happens every time someone asks a question like that, my mind went blank. The following day (standard percolation time), my 10-year plan heaved into view, as I imagined my 83-year-old self saying, “You’ve got 10 years. It’s a gift. What are you going to do with it?” At my age, 10 years is all I can reasonably gif…