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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  • John wrote...
    So, what if like a bad carton of milk in the refrigerator...
    June 19, 2012 7:41 pm
    You exceed your expiration date. What then? Will you be poured down the sink, poured over some stale Cheerios or most likely thrown out with the trash to be sure to make trash day. Odd. How very odd.
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  • sweetpea123 wrote...
    how unfair...
    June 19, 2012 9:08 pm
    Are you choosing the hour and method of your death as well John? Have you let your wife and kids in on your plan and just how do they feel about it? I, quite frankly, would feel cheated...you may have freed yourself, but think of the burden of losing you, losing your love, your companionship, your wisdom, your friendship, that you have now placed on all the others in your life! How selfish of you!
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  • The Liberal Jedi wrote...
    Now I got it!
    June 20, 2012 1:27 am
    I was wondering why you quit being the Evening Mag. host and started appearing in all these info-merials, city council and auctions and this radio gig and other strange stuff: You're having your "mid-life" crisis... This is classic!!!
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  • itiswhatitis wrote...
    Good for you
    June 20, 2012 5:47 am
    Yes, getting older gives you the clarity to start living right. But when someone dies you learn how to live! Everyone should spend more time with their kids, everyone should do more good in the world. Each day is a gift there are no guarantees so yeah you should be doing this everyday!
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