Definition of Retirement

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Definition of Retirement:

Let’s consider the definition of retirement so that we will be clear on what it can mean. To gain clarity on this also gives you the understanding that retirement can be defined by you. Find what makes you happy even if you continue to earn a living, but on your terms, not those set by the educational establishment, financial industry, and the government. All of these groups depend on your participation in the work-till-you -drop plan.

An Ideal Definition of Retirement: Eat Dessert Now

A way of life, self-selected, that brings happiness and is supported by elements of financial independence combined with leisure where work is an option.

"The Golden Retirement is the one I want and I want my golden years to start now."

A vision of retirement that seems reasonable is one that gives you the opportunity to enjoy it throughout your life, not when you are old and unable to enjoy it.

Admittedly, early retirement by age 20 is only possible if you are lucky or have an inheritance.

After acquiring some necessities such as a home, a car, and the skills to work through intelligent self-employment, it is possible to skate away from the misery of a 9-5 job. Then become independent enough to enjoy your life more readily than the TV ad version of seniors finally falling into rest mode after many years of stress and effort.

Here is your other option put out as the ideal way to live your life.

This version of retirement is one that most will never enjoy. It is the slave till you are tired method that will work out for some who tough it out. It will also work out well for the kids or grand-kids that inherit what you saved and never used. In the interim, while you work towards this retirement industry goal of getting you to put cash away endlessly on the assumption you might live to be 100 years old, your life fritters away.

Ask your average 70 year old, these are the ones that are still alive, how much running around, traveling, and partying they do these days. Illness, injuries, and chronic pain tend to get in the way of enjoying life as you somehow imagine it might be.

Remember who benefits by your participation in the stock market, maybe you, always the financial industry.

The definition of retirement put forth by the financial services industry: Eat dessert Last

Work, save, and plan for a distant future, one that may never come.