Planning for later years

 We work hard to earn and save money. But do we ever visualize what a typical day be like when you are old and retired from work? There are three important question to consider. 

1. Will we have enough money to continue leading a good life?

2. How will our health be?

3. What will we do with all the time we will have? 

We work on our retirement savings when we are younger and usually, we save enough for old age. In fact we over save. But do we do enough for the question # 2 & 3 above?

Don't you think, it's a good idea to work on your health now? Just like we maintain our cars, should't we look after our physical health now and do whatever it takes to stay healthy?

And when we are retired, the excess time will stare at us through the day (and night...think about it). We will not know what to do with so much time. Shouldn't we be developing some habits (such as reading, writing, meditation, social work etc) that will fill our days with purpose? In fact the excess free time is likely to take a toll on our mental health when we would unnecessarily worry about lack of social connections, health etc.

Staying fit will allow us to use our body vehicle to do meaningful work till our death. This will be JOY in perpetuity!