If you got the money Honey,....I got a little time.....
The Bible claims "the LOVE of money is the root of all evil." I agree with that Quote, if one is a miser who squirrels that money away with out enjoying life,.......on a Spyder! Once I reached 70, I decided I was all thru saving for retirement. I liquidated all assets, including my house in Laguna Beach, CA. that we had lived in for 31 years, and moved to Virginia, and live in a 3rd floor Apartment as our "Base Camp." I decided I could either buy a brand new home in Roanoke, and spend my remaining years left ( unknown ) as I have done the last 50 years being a slave to the other 5 houses I have owned, .........such as watching the grass grow so I hop on my ride on Mower and spend my week ends mowing,. Or, I could hop on my Spyder, and ride all over Virginia waving to others mowing their grass on their Ride on Mowers. They all wave at me when I ride by, wishing their Mowers could ride on the road. Then, instead of making my weekly Safari to Home Depot and Lowe's to hunt for the unending items needed to fix plumbing leaks, roof leaks, mold, wood rot, termite tenting, electrical problems, A/C problems, Furnace problems, filter replacements, painting, ( never ending job) ,......Holy Moly, I'm getting nauseous just thinking about it!! Soooooo, we decided to stay in our up scale 5 room apartment with a one car garage, and use our Laguna House money to travel the world. We started traveling in Aug. 2012, and since then, have visited 60 different countries,.....and are gone 1/3 of the time between Spyder rides in Base Camp Virginia. I intend to try as hard as I can to arrive at my Nursing Home financially broke, with a hell of a lot of fond memories. For certain, once any one arrives to a Nursing Home, if one has any money left at all, or a house, then that money will be sucked dry as fast as the Medical Industry can suck it! So, my Philosophy is, USE you money NOW, if you have any, once you retire.
Can money buy happiness? It works for me, but of course I have no morals and am very shallow. :joke:
Jack