The problem is we don’t know when decline will happen or in what form. My view is do the best you can and if you don’t have the mental agility you once had, don’t worry about it. God still loves you. There’s no point in saying “i’m 60.My best engineering days are over.” You might still be a pretty good engineer but not what you once were. We don’t have to spend every moment in life on the peak. Somebody at 80 percent of their peak is still someone who is useful.
That’s what having Families is for.
But the Government decided to wage War on the Nuclear Family.