For people looking after their parents: remember yourself too
About 14.9 crore people in India are 60 or over, and many are looked after by their children. Caring for parents is a gift, and it's easy to forget yourself along the way.
What people looking after their parents often put off
- Pension life certificate: the dates to give it each yearPensioners give a life certificate between 1 and 30 November, or from 1 October at 80 and over. Miss it and the pension can pause.
- How many days you have left with your parentsCount the days together at your current pace, and how many more your plan would add. Gentle maths, from Tim Urban's The Tail End.
- Talk to someone about how you feel: free help in India (Tele-MANAS 14416)If you've been meaning to talk to someone about how you feel, India's free Tele-MANAS helpline is on 14416, any time. Weigh how much it's been on your mind.
- Free health check-up in India at 30 and overIndia screens everyone 30 and over for blood pressure, diabetes and three common cancers for free. See how long it's been since your last check-up.
- What putting off a daily quiet practice costs youCount the hours of prayer, meditation or journaling you've missed against the time you planned.
- Sleep debt: how many hours of sleep you've missedCount the hours of sleep you've missed against your aim, and the 7 or more hours a night that sleep doctors say adults need.
- Sort out your life paperwork: a will, nominees and important papersThe paperwork everyone puts off: a will, nominees on your accounts, and knowing where important papers are. Weigh it and take one small step.
- Call your brother, sister or cousins: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much staying close to your brother, sister or cousins matters to you, and send one easy message today.
Everyone's basics
Health, money and the people you love, at every age.
- What putting off exercise costs you, in hoursSee the hours of movement you've missed against your own weekly aim, and WHO's 150 minutes a week.
- Screen time calculator: your phone hours in days a yearTurn your daily phone hours into full days a year, and see how many days your own aim would give back.
- What waiting to start saving costs youSee what a late start costs your own monthly saving plan, in today's money after tax, on low, middle and high growth paths.
- Reconnect with an old friend: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much a friendship you've let drift matters to you, and find one easy first message to send today.
Questions people ask
What if it all feels too much?
You can talk to someone for free, at any time: call Tele-MANAS on 14416.
Where do my answers go?
Nowhere. They stay in the link on your phone, like every answer on this site. Only people you share the link with can see them.
Source
We show what waiting costs on your own plans. We never tell you what to buy or invest in.