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Retirement Strategies and Avocations
(that's me), teachers (which we all are, whether we're
paid or not), accountants, etc. -- so long as it's honest,
decent work that you apply yourself to, and you give an
"honest day's work for an honest pay." All avocations
are necessary for a company to exist and prosper, from
janitor to president to owner. Be proud of your
vocation, and do a job anyone can be proud of. At
present, my place of employment has a profit
sharing/retirement plan, plus I have some taken out
weekly for a 401 K plan, plus some for savings. I also
have a small IRA and the faith that God will take care of
the rest. Materially, it's not much -- maybe I'll live with
my kid. Ha. He'd love that!
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Vicki Ironside, Alexander, Arkansas
Financially speaking, save money in a plan you
cannot cash in until years down the road. Believe it or
not, however, many problems that arise in retirement
are not financial but emotional. People have not
prepared themselves for that time of life that
supposedly everyone looks forward to. Find hobbies
you enjoy before you retire; don't neglect friends over
the years and then expect them to be there when you're
finally "ready." Don't wrap yourself up so tightly in your
children that when they leave you and your husband
look at each other like you're strangers. Family–
oriented activities, with moms and dads both in the work
force these days, the family as a unit doesn't spend
enough time together. Do things everyone ·can be
included in -- church outings
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putting together family
albums or scrapbooks, family garden, etc.
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Tina Bigelow, Marshall, Minnesota
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