There was an article in the Dallas newspaper about retired women. Only they are not retired. They hoped to be and thought they would be ok in their old age, but when the day arrived, they discovered that they had not been at all careful with saving and investing for their future. They live too long, they get paid less, no one cares about them saving for the future and they find they can't afford good care, or a good place to retire to when they can't live at home anymore or work. So they are working as waitressses in places like McDonalds to make enough money to just exist...not the way they want to live, just decently.
So, this is my advice. Look after your finances. Don't let anyone else do it for you. Find a way to put a little bit each week into an account and then invest it and when you are old and maybe alone, you can take care of yourself. If you wait too late to start, you will be wearing a funny chicken hat and cleaning tables. That is a sad state of affairs and I am glad I have a home that is not expensive, and a family and the good health to keep working at what I like to do.
Never thought I would see old women in those kind of jobs. I guess that is what happens when you outlive men!
About Me
- Rosella
- I just love life and everything that goes into it. My church is important to me and my work in the larger church is my delight. My family is my lifeline, especially my precious grandaughters and my new great grandaughter. Well, my kids are right up there, too. I own a business that my daughter and I began over 20 years ago. She left me with it when they moved to New Jersey and it is why I get up every morning. I have been blessed with good health and happiness and enough money to have a pleasant life. God has been good to me.