John Curley


John Curley
John Curley says spending time with his adorable kids is one of his top priorities in his remaining 10 years.

John Curley set to expire in 10 years

BY Jamie Skorheim  on June 19, 2012 @ 9:00 am (Updated: 11:19 am - 10/3/12 )

On June 30, 2022, John Curley will be dead.

"I will be 60-years-old, and I will be dead," the talk host tells his show staff on 97.3 KIRO FM's John Curley Show. "I have put an expiration on myself, that I will be dead in ten years."

The auctioneer and talk show host will be turning 50 on June 30 and the milestone apparently got him thinking.

"I need a finish line," says Curley. "I read one place one time that the average person running in a race will run the last 300 yards almost 20 times faster than they've run the previous mile if they can see the finish line or hear the finish line."

Curley experienced this himself when running an Iron Man in France.

"I could see the finish line and I knew that it was over. The 15 hours and 30 minutes of unbelievable pain soon would be over. I actually started sprinting," says Curley. "I could barely move, but because it was there and it was over, suddenly I was enthused with a whole bunch of energy and strength that I hadn't previously had."

This phenomenon Curley says made him think it might be just as propelling a thought to see a finish line on life. Disease or cancer is a wake-up call for some, but without that threat Curley wondered how he could achieve the same result.

"I can't have some arbitrary 80 or 92," says Curley, of the age at which he might suppose he'd die. "I've got to put a finish line on there."

Curley decided to give himself a finite amount of time. He declared he only had 10 years left.

"And I'm telling you something, I have a new found enthusiasm," says Curley. "All of a sudden I feel great."

In the few days since he set his expiration date, he's already outlined some changes he'll be making. He says he's cutting his auctioneer dates down from 100 to 50 and plans to spend that extra time with his kids.

"I realize if you put a 10-year limit on yourself, you've got to get all that time in with your kids. My kids are so unbelievably cute right now," says Curley. "I like the fact that right now, I've got precious time."

While he says he doesn't plan to climb Everest, another Iron Man competition is definitely on his list. He also plans to coach his son's football team.

"My 10-year plan is in full steam. I see the finish line," says Curley.

"You know that country song, 'Live like you were dying,' that's the feeling I have," says Curley. "I'm not wasting time anymore."

By JAMIE GRISWOLD, MyNorthwest.com Editor

Jamie Skorheim, MyNorthwest.com Editor
Whether it's floating on Green Lake, eating shrimp tacos at Agua Verde, or taking weekend drives out to the Cascades, she loves to enjoy the Pacific Northwest lifestyle as much as humanly possible.
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  • 2112 wrote...
    Naw, he is too healthy
    June 19, 2012 11:06 am
    Besides, he needs to get his mileage out of His Veneers from the Miracle worker Spoor, whom according to his website, is the only Dentist who knows what he is doing.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    At sixty?
    June 19, 2012 11:12 am
    That is twenty yrs too early for me.
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    John?
    June 19, 2012 11:13 am
    Did you decide when you were to be born? No one unless they are suicidal knows or posts a date of death.
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  • Newton wrote...
    John is over do for some of gods endless spankings.
    June 19, 2012 11:21 am
    Then agian, he's getting them right here on earth now. Besides there is no way god wants him in heaven anyway. Sorry John no such luck.
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  • BocaBob1 wrote...
    Yea I get it
    June 19, 2012 11:39 am
    50 makes you think about there really is a finish line. I've , dodged and sidestepped mine and have this outlook since. It's always a good day die if you really live life like you mean it. Good luck on the ironman! 50 you'll get over it.
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  • CH wrote...
    Don't tell him . . . .
    June 19, 2012 12:44 pm
    he is already gone.
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  • manabouttown wrote...
    sensational publicity for Curley
    June 19, 2012 3:00 pm
    Just a ploy to get people to listen to his radio show. I think he's still a fill in host or something..not really relevant. he's just trying to trick himself into living better...and when he can't deny that he's actually going to live beyond 60; then what? change the expiration date?
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  • myopinion wrote...
    Live
    June 19, 2012 3:13 pm
    The song "live like your dying" is not a country song GEEZE
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  • vertra wrote...
    John's death date
    June 19, 2012 3:34 pm
    Hey, John, We create our own reality in this life. Think it and it will be yours.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Life is like a roll of toilet paper...
    June 19, 2012 4:12 pm
    ...it goes faster towards the end. You know you're getting older when you no longer eat food that you like, but food that likes you!
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