MRG
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Retire early, smoke a lot of dope...
I must already be dead, but no one informed me.
Oh crap, is that we're I'm at?
Retire early, smoke a lot of dope...
I must already be dead, but no one informed me.
Prince was still working.
· Previous research has suggested that people who retire young die earlier as they lose their social networks and mental and physical activity
·Other studies have suggested people who work for longer die earlier as they are subjected to stress and exertion for longer
- New study is most comprehensive yet and shows no correlation between retirement age and life expectancy for people who choose when to retire
When I was born, my life expectancy was 59.9 years.
Retired early because of a health scare. No recurrence.
Retired now for 27 years at age 80.
Can understand how some people feel stress from leaving an organized, structured life, but in my, (our) case just the opposite. Too much to learn, understand, experience and explore. There aren't enough hours in the day.
The thought of dying doesn't enter the equation. Too much to do to worry about not being here. Many of my friends here in this CCRC, feel the same way, and they are into their 90's...
Don (92) just got back from three weeks of high activity with his kids, in The Village...
Kelly and Helen (95 and 96) just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary... they play Bridge four days a week, and get to all of the events... plus go out with their kids two or three days a week.
Curtiss (97) is rebuilding the front wing on his Pou du Ciel, and waiting on a new, bigger engine. Just renewed his pilots license last year, and has works on his magnificent N Guage railroad every day.
Gary (83), leads the discussion groups and is involved in every activity.
The hundred+ year old guys and gals are not quite as active, but they show up on a regular basis for meals, and take turns going into "bounce back" for therapy to be able to ambulate.
I just got back from Woodhaven after two full days planting, raking, repairing the seawall, and doing check lists on my five bicycles. Put out and filled five bird feeders,and have already identified 12 different species... They were waiting. It isn't as easy as it was 10 years ago, but it's stuff like this that makes life so much fun. Staying busy keeps away some of the aches and pains, but more importantly doesn't give time for non productive thinking or depression.
According to Social Security tables, my life expectancy is to age 88.8. Gonna go by fast... lots to do!....
Oh...and as to the money thing... not so important. Enough, but not expected to leave a big inheritance. Living on a nominal budget has never been a problem, and was definitely part of the adventure.
No matter your health and physical abilities, you can gain a lot by staying active. In fact, in most cases you have more to lose by not being active.
Here are just a few of the benefits. Exercise and physical activity:
Can help maintain and improve your physical strength and fitness.
Can help improve your ability to do the everyday things you want to do.
Can help improve your balance.
Can help manage and improve diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis.
Can help reduce feelings of depression and may improve mood and overall well-being.
May improve your ability to shift quickly between tasks, plan an activity, and ignore irrelevant information.
True: Just after my last post ten minutes ago, I got news of an old classmate dying at age 63 and....yup, he was still working.
Third one gone in the past six months. Another positive lesson for ER eh?
The cross-sectional results in this study show that the share of respondents reporting “very satisfying”
retirements dropped from 60.5 percent in 1998 to 48.6 percent in 2012. On the other hand, the share of
respondents reporting “moderately satisfying” and “not at all satisfying” retirements increased from
31.7 percent to 40.9 percent and from 7.9 percent to 10.5 percent, respectively.
As might be expected, net worth and health status are strongly correlated with retirement satisfaction.
Higher net worth is associated with higher levels of satisfaction, and poorer health is associated with lower
levels of satisfaction.