How would you like to live when you retired?
By laurika
@laurika (4532)
United States
14 responses
@aroten2000 (53)
• United States
16 Sep 07
I would love to just enjoy life with my husband and family. If that means taking a trip, so be it. If that means enjoying my grandkids, so be it. Whatever life gives me at the time, I hope I can just enjoy it.
Retirement is way out of reach for me right now!
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@crazed_moma (1054)
• United States
16 Sep 07
Travel! I'd love to be able to see the world. I'm sure I will enjoy my grand children as well though. :)
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@crazed_moma (1054)
• United States
17 Sep 07
I'd really like to go to Costa Rica. I think that's going to happen not this winter but next though. :) I really need to get my passport. I'd love to go to Paris but hubby doesn't want anything to do with France (he listens to Rush Limbaugh too much). Egypt would be great, not sure if it's a female friendly area though.... I'd love to go see the pyramids though.
@laurika (4532)
• United States
17 Sep 07
Oh Egypt would be great place.I had there a few friend and they didn't have problem with people, or specially man.But it really depend on who you meet.
Paris, if your hubby don't want to go with you I would go.(just kidding)
Hope you will have time to visit a lot and then you will share with us here on mylot.
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
16 Sep 07
Retirement is psychological feeling. But the man can keep working with lesser intensity and it does not harm him, provided he takes care of his day to day health. In fact if people retire for the same of drinking, sleeping, chitchatting and if they donot perform exercises both mental and physical, then they are goving to invite all sorts of diseases, because the human organs starts decaying one by one may be after 50 or 60.
So retirement in my view includes
a) good exercises
b)tension free mind
c) take care of wife and children and also grand children
d) meet friends
e) engage in some social work or economic activity for 2 or 3 houurs a day rather than usual 8 hours work.
f) I do notadvocate travelling, becaused it tires them a lot. A short distance will be alright. I would like to indulge in writing on topics ofmy interest. I would like to pursue m y hobby of philately and numismatics. I think will be able to pass a day without my knowledge.
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@laurika (4532)
• United States
16 Sep 07
You got very nice hobby, not very traditional though.When I was a kid I use to collect stamps.You just remind me that.
but anyway I am glad you plann it really nice and also include some work.I think I would like to work also, when I retired.If you do , something you like it 's just no more job.
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
17 Sep 07
I am *just like* retired. I am disabled. We have taken a couple of trips. I would like to just live in peace with no drama in my life. I don't even know if that is possible. Drama in my life causes 'stress' and 'stress' makes my Multiple Sclerosis act up. What we 'want' in life...we rarely get. So...I will take each day as it comes and try to relax. That is what I want out of my retirement-relaxation. LOL :-)
@ailema4ever (2668)
• Finland
8 Nov 07
I'd love to travel with my hubby. I have a list of the countries/cities I'd love to visit, including those places where my closest friends live (one is in Germany, one is in USA, one is in Holland) and those places where my blogger friends live (all over the world, actually) he he he...
But I don't want to travel non-stop. That'd be too tiring. I'd want to enjoy playing with grandkids, too and I still want to blog. Yes, definitely. I'd still want to blog and get in touch with my blogger friends. ;-D
@ailema4ever (2668)
• Finland
8 Nov 07
Oh, and I'd still love to earn some money from blogging, either from MyLot or such a site or something else he he he he...
@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
16 Sep 07
As I had to retire early due to an injury. I find that I enjoy life more I can sleep in or not, work at my own pace and visit the grandchildren anytime I want, if we want to plan a trip than we can do so with out worry about being back anytime for a job.
@wondericequeen (7876)
• Hong Kong
17 Sep 07
Hopefully I could go travel with my partner and experience more of the world. I will surely keep myself busy with the different hobbies I have like photography and writings. I will catch up with all my readings too. It would be really fun to just do what me and my partner want to do.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
8 Nov 07
I hope at that time I have enough money so that I can enjoy my life and don't have to try to earn more. I will go to travel when I like. Of course I like to be with my grand children. And I also can have enough spare time for my own interests, such as watching films, listening to music, painting...
@saivenkaat802003 (4823)
• India
8 Nov 07
Just as i live now, a calm and serene life, without any bombardments of the external modern world,which takes a lot of our originality..
Happy mylotting and take care.:)
@michaeldadona (5684)
• Malaysia
16 Sep 07
No retirement for me because I will always on the great going for my business. That is my ambition and vision. no matter hard or what that I might be have to face, I will going on positively regardless of others says. Me and my life.
@sang2k2 (1833)
• India
8 Nov 07
hi lauika,
yeh i have decided to never retire from work as he rules would definately kick me out, but i ahve decided to keep my self busy by either joining an NGO or organising t open one by myself. My motto then wouldnt be the earn moeny but to keep myself actuve and live and my knowledge and energy to be helpful to others. I wish to serve people by nay means.If got a chance i would travel but not only keep on traveling and definatly would also enjoy with grand kids.
@laurentyu1 (743)
• Romania
8 Nov 07
Well .....i do have to think some time....but i would like to live in a peacefully place (mountains)where the air is fresh.....and not that crowded life of the town.
