When you are young, you want to get away from home, get a job, and be independent. Never at any time do you look further forward than the next couple of years, and when older people mention pensions, you look at them with horror! “I want to have fun now, not worry about the future!”.
And all too soon, you tire of the slog of working. “I want to retire by the time I am 40!”
Because we assume we are going to make our fortunes. Of course most of us don’t…we stagger on, working well into our sixties, worrying about how we are going to manage when we retire.
Most people think of retirement as finishing work and spending time doing all the things we never had time to do. And the popular myth is that we need loads of money to have a successful retirement. But retirement is more about life changes, peace of mind and becoming involved in something other than ourselves.
21st century living is stressful, and more people than ever are looking at the options of retiring ‘early’. This means making the decision to forgo certain things now in order to live a different way. Many people are not willing to do this…they simply let life “get in the way”.
Well here at Escape Artist, we believe that retirement should not all be worry….about finance, health issues…..but with a little thought and a lot of help we can open up avenues for you….break the mold…dare to be different! Look out for our new retirement section that we will be working on over the coming months and don’t let anything, let alone ‘life’ get in the way!
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