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Retirement Strategies and Avocations
Be right with God every day of your life. Put
finances in order well before retirement. Plan to keep
active and never retire in church activities and
relationships in the family. Cultivate a wide circle of
friends -- people you enjoy. Plan to work at something
each day until you die. "With a book you're never
lonely," (not an original thought) . Yard work is always
available. There is lots of satisfaction and it keeps you
at home and saves money. Church or community
volunteerism is another avocation.
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Gail Tomlinson, Senatobia, Mississippi
If you begin putting aside at least a little bit at the
very beginning of your career, you'll be surprised how
it adds up but you never miss it. This is something I
wish I had done worse than anything. Try to have
home and all major purchases paid off before
retirement. I crochet and grow and make flower
arrangements. This is something I love doing, and I
give these things to others. I feel this is giving a part of
myself. My satisfaction is seeing the happiness it gives
others.
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Janie Barber, Batesville, Arkansas
Decide on an income and standard of living needed
to be comfortable. Set up a plan to help you reach that
goal and work hard until then. Then relax, but don't
retire. Keep on going and growing as long as it's
physically and mentally possible to do so. We all need
to be needed. Just slow down the pace a bit. ·Service
type projects to help church or community, working in a
mission effort, doing homebound work for disabled
students, or private tutoring to help a student complete
a degree or catch up in their studies are all good
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