Retirement Assets — How Much do You Need?
While most of us boomers are grovelling around at our menial jobs scrimping and saving every penny and dreaming of how we plan to retire, we may be missing the point. If life starts to center around work and money—beware! You may not have much of a life when your work stops. The key to enjoying a successful retirement may not be just having a huge nest egg—It’s the ability to enjoy life!
But how do we enjoy life when we’re old geezers with no jobs, a dwindling supply of dinero, and a shrivelling libido? By developing and enjoying hobbies and studies, fueling inner curiosity and interests in the world around us, and learning to make new friends. Break out them oil paints! These are the skills we’ll need to develop in order to enjoy retirement.
Of course, a few million dollars could help us in these endeavors, but, according to Ralph Warner author of “Get A Life—You Don’t Need a Million to retire Well” a book which he somewhat subtitles the “Savvy Peasant’s Guide” the secret is enjoying the things that really matter when we eventually retire. Most of the chapters in his book don’t have to do with scrimping and saving money, but are actual interviews with happy retirees living happily on less than what they thought they’d need, and the tricks they’ve learned along the way that we can apply. For us (sob. . . sob) non-millionares, this book offers hope to overshadow the recent bad news on Social Security and Medicare. It is also a refreshing look at what’s in store for us—from others who are there, and enjoying it.
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http://www.boomer-books.com/bookstore/bookstore_gal.html
April 5th, 2005 at 1:15 am
So you are trying to tell me that there’s a future—even though I may have to eat catfood burgers and work as a greeter at El WalMarto!
Unfortunately, many of us have saved too little, too late. Maybe we can immigrate to Mexico and get free healthcare.
—Jack