First of all let me tell you that we like to travel and spend our winters somewhere warm, we like to have a nice car and we really enjoy our backyard. Our needs are pretty basic, and we have enough money to do what we want, but there are some things we have to prioritize. Like most people, there are more expenses associated with our lives than what we think we can handle unless we are really careful.
There is always more that you want to do and never enough money for all of those activities that you want to try. We thought that blogging about it would help us get through the process of deciding what to do and would help other people at the same time.
Here are some of the issues we are facing, which we will talk about in subsequent posts.
With all of these questions and others we probably have not even thought of, it is almost easier to just do nothing and I suspect that this is what a lot of people actually do. It is just too difficult to resolve all of these issues or make decisions, so why not just leave it the way it is. These are some of the things we will try to talk about over the next months and years as we continue with our blog.
We know that there are millions of seniors out there that are in the same situation as us and trying to resolve what they want to do. One friend of ours who is well off and really does not have to worry about money at all, wonders if he has enough money for retirement and is bored silly. He made the comment that he gets up in the morning, has a coffee, reads the paper and then watches the grass grow! What a way to retire!
Although this is not really a financial issue, we will include these sorts of issues as well since they affect the quality of life during retirement and ultimately how much money we will need during retirement. If you are bored, you will probably need to have more money because you are going to spend it! It may be a golf membership or it may be travel.
Anyway this is the end of our first post and we are looking forward to writing several posts a month, so bookmark us or follow us on Google reader so you do not miss our posts.
Your comments are welcome both on what we are writing as well as on topics that we have not addressed.
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we are looking at all of the same issues. keep writing about financial issues and how to manage your finances. we love this blog