I tried to approach retirement with the same gusto I always brought to our work.
I simply looked at it like a “finish line” of sorts, indicating I had won the race and could spend the rest of our afternoons taking it easy.
Thanks to sound investments and a robust retirement package, I didn’t have to worry about currency. In this economy I understand how rare that is. I sold the outdated family home and moved down south, to an apartment situated in between the beach and a hockey course, but one of the first things I splurged on was buying an up-to-date central heating and air conditioning plan with a smart temperature control. This wasn’t just any run-of-the-mill furnace, this was the best one available for people of our age. The radiant heated flooring I had installed in our family room and bathroom has absolutely been life-increasing for myself and others and our retirement, then radiant heating uses moderate water pipes under the floorboards to provide a gentle but constant source of heating. For older people with arthritis or joint problems (I have both) the radiant heating provides a steady source of relief, because cold floors can make every step painful. The whole up-to-date warm radiant heated floors reduce the pain in our feet and legs, which makes myself and others think so much more spry and youthful. This kind of heating plan is not cheap, it’s actually one of the most costly around. At this stage of our life I needed to splurge a little, and get a heating plan that would make our remaining years a lot more pleasant and relaxing.