Posted on 02/02/2022 3:56:56 AM PST by sodpoodle
��Between 60 and death. It's time to use the money you saved up. Use it and enjoy it. Don't just keep it for those who may have no notion of the sacrifices you made to get it. Remember there is nothing more dangerous than a son or daughter-in-law with big ideas for your hard-earned capital.
��Warning: This is also a bad time for investments, even if it seems wonderful or fool-proof. They only bring problems and worries. This is a time for you to enjoy some peace and quiet.
��Stop worrying about the financial situation of your children and grandchildren, and don't feel bad spending your money on yourself. You've taken care of them for many years, and you've taught them what you could. You gave them an education, food, shelter, and support. The responsibility is now theirs to earn their own money.
��Keep a healthy life, without great physical effort. Do moderate exercise (like walking every day), eat well, and get your sleep. It's easy to become sick, and it gets harder to remain healthy. That is why you need to keep yourself in good shape and be aware of your medical and physical needs. Keep in touch with your doctor, do tests even when you're feeling well. Stay informed.
��Always buy the best, most beautiful items for your significant other. The key goal is to enjoy your money with your partner. One day one of you will miss the other, and the money will not provide any comfort then, enjoy it together.
��Don't stress over the little things. You've already overcome so much in your life. You have good memories and bad ones, but the important thing is the present. Don't let the past drag you down and don't let the future frighten you..... Feel good in the now...... Small issues will soon be forgotten.
��Regardless of age, always keep love alive. Love your partner, love life, love your family, love your neighbor and remember: "A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection."
��Be proud, both inside and out. Don't stop going to your hair salon or barber, do your nails, go to the dermatologist and the dentist, keep your perfumes and creams well stocked. When you are well-maintained on the outside, it seeps in, making you feel proud and strong.
��Don’t lose sight of fashion trends for your age but keep your own sense of style. You’ve developed your own sense of what looks good on you – keep it and be proud of it. It’s part of who you are.
��ALWAYS stay up to date. Read newspapers, watch the news. Go online and read what people are saying. Make sure you have an active email account and try to use some of those social networks. You'll be surprised at what old friends you'll meet.
��Respect the younger generation and their opinions. They may not have the same ideas as you, but they are the future and will take the world in their direction. Give advice, not criticism, and try to remind them that yesterday's wisdom still applies today.
Never use the phrase: “In my time.” Your time is now. As long as you’re alive, you are part of this time.
��Some people embrace their golden years, while others become bitter and surly. Life is too short to waste your days on the latter. Spend your time with positive, cheerful people, it'll rub off on you and your days will seem that much better. Spending your time with bitter people will make you feel older and harder to be around.
��Do not surrender to the temptation of living with your children or grandchildren (if you have a financial choice, that is). Sure, being surrounded by family sounds great, but we all need our privacy. They need theirs and you need yours. Even then, do so only if you feel you really need the help or do not want to live by yourself
��Don't abandon your hobbies. If you don't have any, make new ones. You can travel, hike, cook, read, dance. You can adopt a cat or a dog, grow a kitchen garden, play cards, checkers, chess, dominoes, golf.
��Try to go. Get out of the house, meet people you haven't seen in a while, experience something new (or something old). The important thing is to leave the house from time to time. Go to museums, go walk through a park. Get out there.
��Speak in courteous tones and try not to complain or criticize too much unless you really need to. Try to accept situations as they are.
��Pains and discomfort go hand in hand with getting older. Try not to dwell on them but accept them as a part of life.
��If you've been offended by someone – forgive them. If you've offended someone-apologize. Don't drag around resentment with you. It only serves to make you sad and bitter. It doesn't matter who was right. Someone once said: "Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die." Don't take that poison. Forgive, forget, and move on with your life.
��Laugh. Laugh away your worries Remember, you are one of the lucky ones. You managed to have a life, a long one. Many never get to this age, never get to experience a full life.
My valued friends, enjoy peaceful life at this point in your life ...
Don't worry... be happy.
Nothing about listening to your record players?
-PJ
Respect the younger generation and their opinions.
No friggn way I’m gonna respect the opinions of the communist indoctrinated youths of today.
They can kiss my old hairy arse!
The fact that you feel passionately about your topic DOES NOT entitle you to draw attention away from the topics that other Freepers -- the ones who WEREN'T Bad Netizens and DIDN'T type in ALL CAPS -- have invested their time and energy in posting.
Yeah I heard that but apparently urban myth trying to undermine his 1 big hit. He’s 71 now and no death date on his wiki page so I assume he’s alive and well.
Thank you!
My grandmother’s advice to me:
“Never believe anything you see on TV or read in the newspapers.”
She lived to be 106 years old with no major illnesses.
That was not a coincidence.
NOT all WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) are White Liberal "Elites" (with their delusions of 'cool')...
Warren Buffet started this fashion statement. (We'll see what his will really says when he dies...) This is similar to the stunt some years back when white 'elites' would brag about how THEY were willing to pay more in income taxes. The easy way to deflate that BS was to tell them they could write a check to the IRS and 'pay more' if they wanted... that shut them up.
This is the same - one thing is said, and a different story goes to their 'elder law' lawyers. The people writing up brilliant ways to pass money to kids while bypassing taxes.
This crap is more a fashion statement of 'elites' than a reality. The people who leave money to charities don't have kids or are alienated from them.
There’s massive fraud and corruption in the ‘non-profit’ world. Someday the press will wake up - stop being ‘willing useful idiots’ - and the stories that will come out will curl your hair.
It's low level psyops... some retired 'woke' white person or 'community organizer' compiled it - this piece is one of those 'a little sugar helps the medicine go down' ...
Some time back 'community organizers' were telling blacks that the reason they don't have the same net worth as whites (even if earning the exact same salary) was because whites leave money to their offspring.
Of course the fallacy was that most white people leave money to their 'children' when the "kids" are in their 60's and 70's. NOT when their in their 40's) Anyhow, the 'wokester' figured out if he can't teach black people to 'delay gratification' and make better financial choices' he could at least try to convince other racial groups to make worse decisions. It's not gonna happen. Asians, Hispanics, Whites, etc etc etc will work to make their families strong in the long run. And before LBJ's 'great society' black families also sacrificed for their families... I'm with you - this is poorly done WOKE propaganda.
Do it in California where apparently nothing is illegal any more
Meaning admit your sins to God (and others as fitting) in repentant faith in the Son send by the Father to be the Savior of the world, who gave Himself for our sins as mankind's scapegoat and sacrifice and is risen again, so that believers are forgiven of all past sins, and born of the Spirit, and made accepted in the Beloved on His account, and thus are baptized and follow their Lord, Thanks be to God.
“You’ve developed your own sense of what looks good on you – keep it and be proud of it. “
Have worn (for the most part) no more than tee shirt, shorts, and slippers (Thong/slaps to you) for the last 12 years. Even in Arizona freezing my but off.
It’s kind of like they want to keep us old people complacent for our country gets taken over by the nazis/communist/pick your poison.
And as old people the ones that are the greatest threat to them because we understand history and we have the least to lose.
Add a Homestead exemption. My Parents did in Canyon Lake, TX and the taxes were $1 and some change.
Yep, don’t worry be happy. When you run out of money the government will take care of you, or not.
Mostly good except for the next to last point. Some scores to settle keep one alive. I for one have a few graves that will need to be disrespected in a final act. With relish. Most of the subjects are older than me and not in good health though so I have good prospects. These debts to pay do not bother me one whit. I look forward to fulfilling them.
Other points made are not bad. The older I get the less charitable I feel. Most people are where they are by their own choices and actions.
Good advice for any age.
Opted in to SS just months before my “full retirement age” when I did the math to compare SS income at several different starting dates. At the end of 2035, total gross SS payouts to me were virtually the same.
Did you calculate any COLA into your SS payments.
If I started taking SS at 62 and calculated a 3% COLA, after 5 years of payments to when I reach full retirement, it would take 20.3 years to break even, which would make me 82 going on 83 years old, assuming I make it that long.
If I assume a 0% COLA, I would be between 75-76 years old.
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