tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post8910045120179499014..comments2024-01-23T23:07:00.959-08:00Comments on GRACEful Retirement: Later Retirement, Better Retirement?Grace.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03557395027685855901noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-40220266286245908052008-01-24T10:55:00.000-08:002008-01-24T10:55:00.000-08:00Unless you were in a position like my mom to get f...Unless you were in a position like my mom to get free medical for her and my dad for life and a pension for life. Nowdays the state doesn't offer that so she really was one of the dinosaurs.Living Almost Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594523259748625997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-68067849849807325102008-01-23T19:19:00.000-08:002008-01-23T19:19:00.000-08:00It's not just you Grace. You're just smart enough...It's not just you Grace. You're just smart enough to have figured it out. Meanwhile, over half of our contemporaries take the money at 62, and I'm guessing that at least half of them shouldn't.<BR/><BR/>By the way, one more factor that everybody seems to forget is that when you retire at 62, you have to fend for yourself re medical insurance until medicare kicks in three years later.Bob McDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198849935565730080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-78686622745304644802008-01-23T12:29:00.000-08:002008-01-23T12:29:00.000-08:00Let me know if you find the Bolles book worth buyi...Let me know if you find the Bolles book worth buying. My library doesn't carry it.Grace.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03557395027685855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-13282760544967227362008-01-23T10:08:00.000-08:002008-01-23T10:08:00.000-08:00Because they get forced out of their jobs. My mom ...Because they get forced out of their jobs. My mom left at 55, but I know it's really because she had been restructed about 2-3 year before from her power position down. <BR/><BR/>And she's been slowly adjusting for 8 months now to retirement at 56. What will she do? I hope soon she starts working again somewhere else.<BR/><BR/>She needed a change, now if only she can see it. It's a huge opportunity, I am reading "what color is my parachute for retirement". If it's as good as I hope, I'm sending it to her. Let's see how it goes.Living Almost Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594523259748625997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-25049602857286838002008-01-22T13:21:00.000-08:002008-01-22T13:21:00.000-08:00I agree with you, I may end up not working full ti...I agree with you, I may end up not working full time when I get older, but I like to work and will probably work part time later in life. I like the structure of having a job and a purpose.Bouncing Backhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07617312829656028772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-16135995644550231102008-01-22T11:53:00.000-08:002008-01-22T11:53:00.000-08:00My mom worked almost her entire life for the same ...My mom worked almost her entire life for the same company. They forced her into early "retirement" when they restructured company. She was 62. At first she seemed delighted, then slowly seemed "lost" and without purpose. She died at 63 even though she had been in fantastic health her entire life.<BR/>My Dad worked until he was 72 and stayed young and vibrant and active and happy. He then retired by his own choice, and just two short years later he is riddled with health problems and seems bored and without purpose. Money is not a problem. He just seems to lack purpose and structure.<BR/>Neither one of my parents loved or even "liked" their jobs. It turns out though it was the best fountain of youth there is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-46077282707383206732008-01-22T06:17:00.000-08:002008-01-22T06:17:00.000-08:00Just this weekend, a friend's mom was telling me h...Just this weekend, a friend's mom was telling me her Social Security calculations, and was proud of that! She needs that money to retire.<BR/><BR/>I don't mean this to sound harsh, I just don't understand. When boomers were growing up, was Social Security really expected to last in a way that you could depend on it for most of your retirement? I don't think I know any young people who think that way (if they think about retirement at all, I suppose.)DogAteMyFinanceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571124283388079010noreply@blogger.com