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You don’t have to see white streaks in your  hair before you plan for your retirement.

Retirement ain't that bad

In a day where everything is unstable, except death and taxes, we need to make arrangements once we get into the age where we are forced to lay off work because of our age even if we know we still can. But by the way the economy is dwindling, I see age as not the only reason that we may be laid off from work now, but hey, Bush is leaving the White house in November so I’m still positive.

Some see retiring as a gloomy phase when actually it isn’t. Mind you, I’m still young but as I have observed those who are on that stage, they seem to enjoy their retirement. My godmother who is 65 looks like to be having the time of her life.  So, maybe retiring is something we should prepare for because it’s a good thing, not a black hole that will be sucking us up into nothingness.

We can enjoy a happy retirement if the place where we’re going to end up with is relaxing and worry-free.

My godmother, who was a music teacher in a public school in Connecticut have parted to me some ways on how to spot a good retirement place when we see one.

1. Read.  Yes, the all-time source of information is just a flip of a few, well in this case, a lot of pages.  It maybe a travel book or a map, or an atlas or even a history book. Just any thing that will give you descriptions of places.

2. Travel.  What a better way to know your choices but to actually see it right? Travel around the country or even outside to best make a list of possible retirement spots.  And go on a luxury travel  NOW or if you still don't have enough budget for a luxury travel, you can join an online travel destination raffle promo.  Don’t wait for the icebergs to melt, because by that time, we may not live old enough to retire at all.

3. Consult Google.  Search for places you know and places you don’t know.  The internet has millions of information on the best places to retire. 

Key is to start planning now.  Get retirement plans, save up, put money into your kids’ or future kids’ trust fund.  Collect wisdoms that you’ll be parting to the younger ones. Most of all, look at retiring as a good thing.  It’s not the end, it’s just another great beginning.