--- title: Life Lessons from a Seventy-Something description: Whatever you're thinking you'd like to do someday — start now canonical: https://time.com/3606570/life-lessons-seventies/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-26T00:40:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:23:46.817Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Life Lessons from a Seventy-Something og:description: Whatever you're thinking you'd like to do someday — start now og:url: https://time.com/3606570/life-lessons-seventies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte71ee2c2e1e9adfc/69876b2cf887dc106ce889f9/signs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: signs og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Life Lessons from a Seventy-Something twitter:description: Whatever you're thinking you'd like to do someday — start now twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte71ee2c2e1e9adfc/69876b2cf887dc106ce889f9/signs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Life Lessons from a Seventy-Something > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. by [Quora](https://time.com/author/quora/) ## Quora Nov 26, 2014 12:40 AM UTC  Blank signpost Blank signpost Getty Images by [Quora](https://time.com/author/quora/) ## Quora Nov 26, 2014 12:40 AM UTC [_Answer_](http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-life-lessons-people-in-their-70s-can-share-with-the-younger-generations/answer/Dee-Dees) _by_ [_Dee Dees_](http://www.quora.com/Dee-Dees) _on_ [_Quora_](http://www.quora.com/)_._ By the time people reach their 70s, they’re beginning to look back at the plans they made and dreams they had that never materialized. We always think we’ll achieve a goal when we finish school, or after we’re married, or after the kids are grown, or after we retire, and then one day we look up — and all those things have happened and we still haven’t realized our dreams. That being said, the first thing I’d tell young people is “Start now.” Whatever you’re thinking you’d like to do someday — start now. If you want to backpack through Europe, do the research, get a passport, save the money. Take steps that will commit you to follow through. Plan it with a friend. Pay a deposit. You might want to start small by doing a one-week hike in Ireland. Plan something bigger for the next year. I realize sometimes there are commitments to other people that hold us back from doing what we want. If you’re already married, holding a 9-5 job, parenting kids, you need to work around those responsibilities without leaving yourself in the dust. I’m not advocating being selfish, but I’m encouraging you to do what you can when you can. It’s been said that at the end of life we regret the things we _didn’t_ do more than those we did do. Be responsible in life, but always look for ways to have fun, enrich your life, and have no regrets. The second thing I’d advise would be to start early planning for retirement. When you’re 20 or 30, retirement seems very far off, and you think you can start saving “later.” The sooner you start some kind of plan, whether savings, an IRA, or other, the more you will be able to enjoy life in your later years, and the less you will need to worry about how you’ll survive after the paychecks end. _This question originally appeared on_ [_Quora: What are some life lessons people in their 70s can share with the younger generations?_](http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-life-lessons-people-in-their-70s-can-share-with-the-younger-generations/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3606570/life-lessons-seventies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3606570/life-lessons-seventies/"},"headline":"Life Lessons from a Seventy-Something","datePublished":"2014-11-26T00:40:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:23:46.817Z","description":"Whatever you're thinking you'd like to do someday — start now","url":"https://time.com/3606570/life-lessons-seventies/","keywords":["Psychology","Life","advice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte71ee2c2e1e9adfc/69876b2cf887dc106ce889f9/signs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Quora","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/quora/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte71ee2c2e1e9adfc/69876b2cf887dc106ce889f9/signs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"signs","caption":"signs","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3606570/life-lessons-seventies/","name":"Life Lessons from a Seventy-Something"}}]}] ```