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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Why be happy in midlife?
Because, quite simply, it’s insanely good for our health.
And it teaches the younger folk following behind us that it’s a great life strategy.
And the path to happiness is paved with gratitude.
Be an example, not a warning.
Is there an echo in here?
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Can you remember the last time you spoke with a business professional who said, “Can’t imagine ever leaving this job. The pay, the perks, the schedule, the recognition, the joy, my boss, the executives. It’s like heaven on earth working here”.
… can you remember?
It hardly ever plays out like this.
Why?
Because people are willing to compromise their beliefs, remain silent, accept mediocrity, and watch the clock tick by, one year at a time.
Why?
Comfort and fear.
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Thriving in the key of midlife is challenging if not downright difficult.
So much fear of the unknown creeps in.
Playing it safe suffocates our dreams.
Boomers are thinking about retiring at 55, 60, or 65.
In other words, in a few months, or not for another five or ten years.
There’s a big difference in what’s at risk, and what’s to be gained.
Early retirement sacrifices pension potential and increases health care costs.
Later retirement sacrifices healthy and precious ‘now’ time to do things we may not get to do years from now.
The case for doing either one is strong.
This makes it difficult.
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(photo: Labor Day weekend 2014… a bunch of 55-years olds gathered at a Buddy’s North Carolina Mountain cabin… contemplating life, work, grandkids, retirement, etc)
It is so easy to back down from living in the now and pushing forward with our big (or simply enjoyable) dreams.
When the tough decisions have to be made to continue forward in the direction of something uncharted, we are tempted to wait.
If the decisions were easy, we wouldn’t need, or want, more time to decide.
And waiting becomes a (bad) habit.
Today is yesterday’s tomorrow.
Should we retire this year, at 55, and go full on with our retirement plans, or should we wait until 60 or 65?
See what I mean?
What would you do?
Retire in 2014 (55), 2021 (62) or 2024 (65)?
The longer you postpone retirement, the bigger the pension.
The sooner you launch your dream, the longer you get to work on it.
None of us had a definitive answer.
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Do you remember one of the most exciting times of your youth? The anticipation of something that you knew would be mind-blowing, challenging, and spectacular?
Do those feelings ever return for an encore?
Praying it is so for you.
Yesterday made the first official call to learn about more structured planning for the future. Our attitude is what determines whether we think 10 years out is too soon to start planning.
Hoping incredible youthful feelings return for an encore.
It’s our responsibility.
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