What does lifespan goals mean?

Life goals are domain-specific higher-order goals that span time and contexts and that reflect what people generally strive for (Atherton et al., 2020; Bleidorn et al., 2010; Roberts et al., 2004). To date, there are few empirical studies on the long-term development of life goals.

1. What is a lifespan goal?
2. What does the term lifespan mean?
3. Why is lifespan important?

What is a lifespan goal?

Your longevity goals are based around the possibility that you will live longer than you expect. That sounds great, but your income plan needs to be able to fund those years of retirement (unless you plan on hustling Pinochle when you're 90).

What does the term lifespan mean?

Lifespan is defined as the maximum number of years that a human can live, while life expectancy is the average total number of years that a human achieves [5].

Why is lifespan important?

Life expectancy is the key metric for assessing population health. Broader than the narrow metric of the infant and child mortality, which focus solely at mortality at a young age, life expectancy captures the mortality along the entire life course. It tells us the average age of death in a population.