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impress’ oh so liberating to wear flat shoes, tug-of-war.
open sandals or flip-flops all day, hair in a Spending time at home a lot more
top knot or under a pee-cap. Make-up free requires peace and quiet, privacy from the
skin for the ladies, finally your skin can technicians, service agents, cable operators,
breathe, shoulders can slouch a bit and the gardener or the painter. Tackle all big
there is a new smell of freedom in the air. foreseeable home repair jobs during your
pre retirement years, its one of my most
frustrating chores. You can then relish your
privacy.
Finally you will have the time to be a
dreamer, jog your memory to days of
growing up, smile at memories of your
parents, know what’s left in your travel
bucket and make concrete plans, open
your heart to the world of equality and
plan your contribution to help fix it. Lots
can be thought of, lots can be planned, lots
Shop wisely can be done, let every day of your life be a
Shopping no longer needs to be a stress- revelation.
buster, its now a shift of priorities, time So get prepared for retirement long before
to browse and pick just one thing after it is at your doorstep, sabbaticals will give
spending three hours pondering over stuff. you a chance to noodle on what retirement
You no longer need that much and you would feel like and lessen the load of
definitely do not want to add stuff that the crucial differences relative to actual
needs looking after. Shop wisely, shop for retirement.
essentials, ‘do not shop till you drop’ is the Observe, get a sense of lifestyle of a ‘not
new mantra. It balances off the no income working’ person and enjoy the balance.
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