Estate Living Magazine Retirement Living - Issue 40 April 2019 | Page 4
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There are two ways of looking at retirement. In
the past, it was the dreaded interim between
being useful and being dead, but now it’s the
culmination – the pinnacle, the goal we all work
towards. The lucky (or clever) ones retire at 40,
the rest of us wish we could. Because retiring is
not ‘sitting on the stoep’ – it’s travelling, taking
up scuba diving, or doing whatever you want to!
That stage of life – between, say, 50 and 70 –
at which you finally stop being a wage slave
and start living for yourself, your family and the
people you care about is a truly magical time.
You’ve learned enough about life to avoid
the mistakes most of us make in our teens and
twenties, and you’ve lived enough to know what
you want to do with the rest of your life.
That’s why we’ve called this edition ‘retirement
living'. It’s about achieving the long-dreamed-
of goal of finding a balance between leisure
and income, between possessions and
responsibilities, between stuff and freedom,
and – most importantly – between being with
people because you have to, or being with them
because you want to.
We have, of course, explored some great places
you may want to move to in retirement – maybe
on the coast, maybe overseas, maybe a multi-
generational estate so you can be close to
the grandchildren. But choosing a retirement
community is not a decision to be made rashly,
or quickly, so we’ve included what to look for
when choosing, and – because many people
don’t really understand it – we’ve unpacked the
concept of life right in our article on Evergreen.
Financial planning is important at any stage in
life, but it takes on a particular urgency once
you’re retired, because retirement is only the joy
it’s supposed to be if you are financially secure.
So we’ve had a look at some clever ways of
funding your retirement – and also some clever
ways developers can fund the construction of
retirement estates, to ensure that you can afford
to move there. And, while it’s all very well being
upbeat, we have also looked at the scary side of
getting older because, as we age, we may need
different types of care.
But – more interestingly – as our communities
and populations age, we may need completely
different ways of living. We really are ageing
better – humans are living much longer, are
healthier much longer, and generally we have
better lives. If you don’t believe that, see how
some truly astonishing athletes – including our
own awesome black knight, Gary Player, and our
delightful galloping granny Mavis Hutchinson –
just keep on going. And they’re not that unusual
– they’re just the more high profile of the many,
many, very active octogenarians and even
nonagenarians.
So, bring it on, and start living your best life.
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