Comments on: retirement, year four/2024/01/01/retirement-year-four/various and sundry notionsTue, 02 Jan 2024 04:18:20 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: hallmerle/2024/01/01/retirement-year-four/comment-page-1/#comment-1858Tue, 02 Jan 2024 04:18:20 +0000/?p=12107#comment-1858Curiously, I also recently turned 70 and lost my father and an uncle and three good friends this year – one from pancreatic cancer a week after diagnosis, one from a heart attack and one from dementia+COVID+pneumonia.

I think a lot about the same subjects you mention here. We can be grateful for what we do have and can only make the best decisions and move forward through whatever we’re handed.

I always enjoy reading your posts. Thank you for sharing!

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]]>By: Marc Beebe/2024/01/01/retirement-year-four/comment-page-1/#comment-1857Tue, 02 Jan 2024 01:49:25 +0000/?p=12107#comment-1857Ageing is terrifying. Every ER visit brings up the spectre of “what if?” My wife and I have been discussing future potentials, including dealing with the insane inflation beating against our fixed income. Her sister is now in a care home, and not doing well there – just as we suspected would happen. Unfortunately none of us can see the future, either in general or specific, so whatever move we make ends up being a guess. I guess we’ll survive until we don’t, and deal as best we can with what comes to us along the way.

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