Re: Social/Emotional/Financial Aspects

[Guest guest]

Talking to my mother and my in-laws, some of the frequent laments I hear are how all their friends are dying, and that money is very tight.

I'm wondering if other folks who are planning to live extremely long lives are planning for the social, emotional, financial aspects of extreme old age.

I've just begun to consider these, and I'd appreciate other thoughts.

[Guest guest]

Bernie: I hope I live long enough to have the luxury of worrying about

these things.

IMHO health is the only thing worth worrying about in life. One can always

find new friends and can live more frugally, i.e. anything else can be fixed

except a terminal illness. That said, I think it's prudent to prepare ahead

in the event one lives long enough to enjoy them.

I would bet that the same people who are careful about their (future) health

are wise enough to prepare in other ways. Those who live for the moment are

probably the same ones who do not prepare for a comfortable retirement.

on 1/24/2005 11:38 AM, bernadettepawlik@... at bernadettepawlik@...

wrote:

> Talking to my mother and my in-laws, some of the frequent laments I hear are

> how all their friends are dying, and that money is very tight.

>

> I'm wondering if other folks who are planning to live extremely long lives

> are planning for the social, emotional, financial aspects of extreme old age.

>

> I've just begun to consider these, and I'd appreciate other thoughts.

>

[Guest guest]

Well, I suppose first ya gotta get there, but,

1. Save, save, save and invest, invest, invest (or make sure your kids

play pro sports ;>)

2. Consider shifting one's social focus to groups including younger

folks as one gets older.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:38:25 EST, bernadettepawlik@...

<bernadettepawlik@...> wrote:

> Talking to my mother and my in-laws, some of the frequent laments I hear

> are how all their friends are dying, and that money is very tight.

>

> I'm wondering if other folks who are planning to live extremely long lives

> are planning for the social, emotional, financial aspects of extreme old

> age.

>

> I've just begun to consider these, and I'd appreciate other thoughts.

> ________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

For some of us, it's already too late to die "young and pretty"... complaining about friends dying is better than the alternative. I have

buried more than a few relatives of my generation but consider being the one standing above ground a good thing.

I don't plan to ever retire but like working smarter and less, not harder and more. Since I haven't received a paycheck in a few years I guess I need to

work on that smarter part or I'll have to work on the more. Hopefully I can generate enough of an income stream to support my habits like eating quality foods,

and drinking quality beverages.

JR

-----Original Message-----From: bernadettepawlik@... [mailto:bernadettepawlik@...]Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: [ ] Re: Social/Emotional/Financial AspectsTalking to my mother and my in-laws, some of the frequent laments I hear are how all their friends are dying, and that money is very tight.I'm wondering if other folks who are planning to live extremely long lives are planning for the social, emotional, financial aspects of extreme old age.I've just begun to consider these, and I'd appreciate other thoughts.

[Guest guest]

My best advice is work as long as you can, because the money will run out a lot quicker than you think/plan. Don't depend on the gov't for anything, including stability. They CAN change anything you might think a good investment. There's no such thing as a "blue chip". And never think for one sec that someone isn't trying to manipulate the data and cover up, regardless what the law says.

There are simply NO guarantees.

Regards.

----- Original Message -----

From: bernadettepawlik@...

Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:38 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Social/Emotional/Financial Aspects

Talking to my mother and my in-laws, some of the frequent laments I hear are how all their friends are dying, and that money is very tight.I'm wondering if other folks who are planning to live extremely long lives are planning for the social, emotional, financial aspects of extreme old age.I've just begun to consider these, and I'd appreciate other thoughts.

[Guest guest]

And after you retire, don't forget you might want to stay busy and you can teach in some schools. You could take a few courses/plan for what you might do. My wife subs at the elem in a low income district.

Not a lot of money, fun for her, keeps her going, etc., and she's vitally needed in these planned bad economic times for some. She also vols at the counties senior citizen center (not funded) to show impoverished folks how to get free prescription drugs.

Regards.

----- Original Message -----

From: bernadettepawlik@...

Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:38 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Social/Emotional/Financial Aspects

Talking to my mother and my in-laws, some of the frequent laments I hear are how all their friends are dying, and that money is very tight.I'm wondering if other folks who are planning to live extremely long lives are planning for the social, emotional, financial aspects of extreme old age.I've just begun to consider these, and I'd appreciate other thoughts.