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The Real Cost of All That Free Time
by Dave Cuzzolina
Liv Fun: Vol 8 – Issue 2
When planning for retirement, how many people spend as much time on emotional health as they do financial health? Save your gray cells. It’s a rhetorical question. Money issues surrounding retirement deserve all the attention they get. No argument here. But life issues, caused by radical lifestyle changes, can also jeopardize retirement happiness and deserve a level of scrutiny many fail to apply.
I’m guilty. I devoted 80% of my retirement prep time to the financial; 1% to the emotional; and 19% to staring out the kitchen window. Squirrels can be mesmerizing little scamps. Soon, the big day saw me boogying from my workplace singing a rousing chorus of “Born Free.” Euphoria lit me up like a fireworks finale as I strode joyfully into an exciting new life, with massive amounts of free time to do … uhh … What exactly?
Cue the cold sweat.
Many coworkers warned me, albeit unwittingly, by asking, “What are you going to do with all your time?” Seemed like a silly thing to ask. How can free time be a problem, right? I laughed and replied, “Anything I want.”
That, my friends, is not a plan. When forced to give the matter serious thought, my mind shot blanks. No hobbies to pursue; no grandchildren to spoil; no interest in working again (or so I thought). And no Bonanza reruns I hadn’t seen 10 times already, including the so-called “lost” episodes, which, by the way, were lost for good reason.
In my case, the handwringing started quickly, but the same can happen five, 10, even 20 years into retirement. And more than once. Maybe your part-time job at the hardware store loses its charm. Or you lose interest in gardening. Or TV westerns. And those grandkids won’t stay young forever.
Liv Fun
by Leisure Care
Summer 2019
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The Real Cost of All That Free Time
by Dave CuzzolinaWhen planning for retirement, how many people spend as much time on emotional health as they do financial health? Money issues surrounding retirement deserve all the attention they get. No argument here. But life issues, caused by radical lifestyle changes, can also jeopardize retirement happiness and deserve a level of scrutiny many fail to apply.
Truth, Justice and the American Way
by Skye Moody
Ever been to prison? I have, many times, seated among a group of male lifers, murderers mostly, in a maximum-security room at Leavenworth Penitentiary in Washington State. All male except me, the only female in the room. The lifers were unshackled, free of handcuffs, and each held a powerful weapon in their hands. That weapon was a pencil.
And Fashion for All
by Carol Pearson
Her steely eyes seemed to dare the cameras to look away as Jan de Villeneuve strode down the runway during London’s 2017 Fashion Week. The 72-year-old model’s chic silver bob set off the dark, rich look of the faux fur she wore to beautiful effect, as she modeled the latest creations of fashion designer Simone Rocha.