Comments on: Positive Aging Discussed by World-renowned Psychiatrist Jean Shinoda Bolen

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:22:58 +0000

Katharina, I’m not so sure there are people out there who truly *love* their job that they will never, ever retire.

Sure, maybe we’ll find some type A personalities trying to hang on to their job, but sooner or later, they’re going to want to get out of this crazy rat race.

I am working so *damn* hard so that I can retire early and I am not sticking around for one minute more

By: Katharina

Katharina — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:49:13 +0000

Good point. I think that would make a great poll of people over 65 who are still working. What percentage of them have no other choice vs. those who really love what they do and don’t WANT to retire.

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:37:11 +0000

Katharina, I’m sure it was once upon a time.

I know when a person still works over the age of 65, it can’t be because they enjoy really working at the job.

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:29:39 +0000

SageMother, that is so true.

Even if you have life savings and have a decent pension plan, I’m sure that living under 80 or 90 can create a financial hardship for anyone.

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:24:51 +0000

Katharina, the cost of living definitely has something to do with it.

It’s so hard to save and then still keep up with the daily expenses.

Also, life before then was just so simple and not a lot of money was wasted on frivolous stuff.

Me, I can’t resist the impulse to buy just about anything that comes my way…. To think of all the money I could have saved for retirement

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:30:50 +0000

Trick-r-treat, isn’t it just the way it goes?

There used to be a time that retirees were able to do that, but with today’s society just working to get by instead of working to save for the future, people are working past the retiring age.

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:27:22 +0000

SageMother, you mean the United States has a health care system?

By: Katharina

Katharina — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:34:52 +0000

Excellent point, SageMother… and thinking about it now, I’ll bet that *is* part of the problem. I think it was 1935 maybe when that started… but yet I’m thinking the age had been 62 at some point?

By: SageMother

SageMother — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:19:39 +0000

This is one of the downsides of the extended lifespan. I am pretty sure that when the age for retirements was set at 65, most people didn’t live too much longer past that age. Employers never really had to worry about paying out the full amount of retirement programs. Medical care past 65 probably extended for about two year and then the retiree’s life ended.

The social structure we currently live with isn’t built to accommodate people who might live into their 80′s or 90′s in the huge numbers projected.

By: Katharina

Katharina — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:36:04 +0000

I’ve noticed that it seems this way, yes. When our parents thought of retirement, that’s what it *was*… time to do traveling and fun things. But with our generation, who’ll be able to afford it?