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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Hmmmmmmmmmm if ER means a shorter lifespan then my ER plans just because more possible !
BTW, I'm 63, if I answer in 100 years, ask me if I like being here
That was a very-well-researched and unbiased article. Usually their ilk quote the Boeing study as truth and then make snarky comments about Social Security.After reading this article...I am MORE confused about statistics. I would think IMO that people who retire early, away from the stress/demands of work SHOULD theoretically live longer. I'm retiring early based on that assumption.
Spouse knows several survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack who live on Oahu and who volunteer at the Visitor's Center three times a week for three hours in the morning. They sit at their table with a donation jar (for the Memorial maintenance fund), autograph their books (sold at the book store), get their pictures taken with gorgeous women, and generally get treated like rock stars. What's not to like? Unsurprisingly, each of them feels that their longevity is directly tied to showing up for their volunteer shifts.Supposedly IBM retirees in the old days didn't live too long, and the theory was that they had such a sense of place and purpose within the company that upon retirement they missed it and apparently kind of lost the will to live.