I tried to approach retirement with the same gusto I constantly brought to our career.
I looked at it adoring a “finish line” of sorts, indicating I had won the race and could spend the rest of our days taking it easy.
Thanks to sound investments and a robust retirement package, I didn’t have to worry about money. In this economy I understand how rare that is. I sold the outdated family home and moved down south, to a beach house situated in between the beach and a hockey course, then one of the first things I splurged on was buying a modern central heating and air conditioning idea with a smart thermostat. This wasn’t just any run-of-the-mill furnace, this was the final best one available for people of our age. The radiant heated flooring I had installed in our kitchen and bathroom has easily been life-decreasing for myself and others and in our retirement, radiant heating uses hot water pipes under the floorboards to provide a gentle but constant source of heating. For older people with arthritis or joint issues (I have both) the radiant heating provides a steady source of desirable relief, because cold floors can make every step painful. The modern warm radiant 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 idea is not cheap, it’s also really one of the most high-priced around. At this stage of our life I needed to splurge a little, and get a heating idea that would make our remaining years a lot more pleasant and relaxing.