I wanted to retire at 65 and then move to Panama so my money would go further. Got laid off again in December 2018, tried to find work for four months, prayed about it and was led to begin retirement early.
I don’t regret it at all but my situation is a bit unusual. I have pension incomes to augment my retirement SS and, being single, liquidated practically everything and moved down here with three suitcases and 12 boxes of items shipped here from the States. I can live comfortably on $1500-2000/mo, stay independent and enjoy a new adventure in a new country instead of being a pest to my niece’s family, living with them being the other affordable alternative.
I miss gumbo and good Texas barbecue but, otherwise, I have everything here that I need thanks to the internet and a VPN. There’s even an English-language church to attend and serve. So, life’s good.
I’m just thankful that I am not sweating out having to find a job as a 63-year-old in the current economy with the cost of rents and health care the way they are in the U.S. I’d be left eating cat food.
“ I’m just thankful that I am not sweating out having to find a job as a 63-year-old in the current economy with the cost of rents and health care the way they are in the U.S.”
You should be thankful. With COVID, who’s going to hire anybody over 60 or even over 50? Hiring boomers means hiring the most COVID-vulnerable