Good day, amazing people of the Hive Blockchain. Welcome back to my blog. It is another edition in the #hivelearners community. I am so delighted to participate in this week's prompt topic: retirement plans.
Retirement is one thing we should always have at the back of our minds, and it is very important that we have a good retirement plan so as to enable us to have a stress-free retirement and not a retirement that will be full of worries about what to do to sustain the family. If one fails to plan well for their retirement, there is a probability that they will end up looking for extra work after they have retired. I have come to observe that people don’t really have a plan for their retirement. We know that after a particular year of service, we will one day retire, but we fail to make proper plans for it.
You don’t have to wait till we age before we start making plans for our retirement; you can start it now. There is this popular saying, 'Early to bed, early to rise.' If we should make a proper plan for our retirement, we will really enjoy it and not suffer. There are people who have retired, but they are suffering; they can hardly feed themselves. That is why I said if you didn’t plan yourself before retiring from service, it will be very hard for you.
In as much as we know that we will retire one day, we should always ask ourselves this question: what will the future look like if you retire? Most of us don’t bother or stress ourselves about what tomorrow will bring. Planning for tomorrow is a priority for me. I have come across many civil servants and businessmen who retired, and they are living comfortably without being bored because they plan their life very well. With or without the pension, they are living large because they made a lot of investments.
Coming to my own plan of retirement Heaven knows that I don't want anything that will stress me after I retire from work. That is why I am trying my best to build my empires and invest so that my retirement will really be fun. I don’t want to experience a boring retirement; rather, I want a vibrant retirement. There are many things I always wish I could do, but due to work and responsibilities, I can’t do them.
Believe me when I say I will never be bored. I will spend that period with my loved ones because during my working days I didn't have much time to relate with my relatives. By then I will have grandchildren; watching them running around me will surely give me joy. I can never be bored because I am spending it with people I love and cherish.
It will focus more on my hobbies, things that I really do. I love cooking; retiring will give me the chance to prepare meals for my family, and I will be able to try different recipes every day.
You see, visiting places I will surely do that because there are thousands of places in my mind I would like to visit. While exploring those place I am creating a memory that I will always remember until my last breath.
I will not lie;places, there is this satisfaction that comes with retirement, knowing full well that you are not working, but at the end of the month, you will receive a credit alert, and the peace of mind it gives is something. Most people think once they retire, their life is doomed; it is not. Rather, it is the beginning of enjoyment and freedom. Retirement should be joyful and not stressful.
This is my entry on the weekly prompts #hivelearners topic retirement plans.
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