Most think conventionally trying to live a lifetime to fulfill the requirements of Roti Kapda and Makaan .Many take huge loans to buy a house or flat of their own and pay off for a lifetime.Is it worth living this way?
A new breed of senior people are trying to think differently and learning to live for themselves .They would like to at best educate their kids and limit themselves to that. Even for this they would like to take education loans in childrens name and make them a party.They would like the children to pay them off after they get jobs.
Many think that marriage of children is not their concern.They would prefer them to find their mates and not spend on it.
Living for themselves means finding jobs that satisfy themselves anywhere in the world.Not buying property to leave for children as they know their kids anyway are not going to stay there anyway.Nor children are interested in inheriting property in remote city of india.They would prefer liquid financial assets. Many seniors are selling of their house/flat and move into rented flats in any city as per their own needs.This gives them mobility to go to any other city if they feel like.
Seniors would like to pursue hobbies,interests, jobs that make them happy.They would like to bond with strangers in social sites with similar interests.They would like to have the taste of freedom without commitments which they missed out when they were younger.They would like to go to exotic places as holiday destinations and live life to the fullest.
All these may be responses to rapid changes in society over the years where everyone is self centered and they are not being foolish in caring for themselves more .
I was reading about a mid aged couple who decided to not have children by choice as it would mean commitment and instead have decided to live for themselves fulfilling their desire and aspirations.I thought they were sensible.
Since life expectancy is greatly increased, still seniors needs to have emergency money for living atleast a year besides have a retirement corpus and great ideas to live differently in this new age.Seniors ought to think freely and make living after retirement a pleasure
A new breed of senior people are trying to think differently and learning to live for themselves .They would like to at best educate their kids and limit themselves to that. Even for this they would like to take education loans in childrens name and make them a party.They would like the children to pay them off after they get jobs.
Many think that marriage of children is not their concern.They would prefer them to find their mates and not spend on it.
Living for themselves means finding jobs that satisfy themselves anywhere in the world.Not buying property to leave for children as they know their kids anyway are not going to stay there anyway.Nor children are interested in inheriting property in remote city of india.They would prefer liquid financial assets. Many seniors are selling of their house/flat and move into rented flats in any city as per their own needs.This gives them mobility to go to any other city if they feel like.
Seniors would like to pursue hobbies,interests, jobs that make them happy.They would like to bond with strangers in social sites with similar interests.They would like to have the taste of freedom without commitments which they missed out when they were younger.They would like to go to exotic places as holiday destinations and live life to the fullest.
All these may be responses to rapid changes in society over the years where everyone is self centered and they are not being foolish in caring for themselves more .
I was reading about a mid aged couple who decided to not have children by choice as it would mean commitment and instead have decided to live for themselves fulfilling their desire and aspirations.I thought they were sensible.
Since life expectancy is greatly increased, still seniors needs to have emergency money for living atleast a year besides have a retirement corpus and great ideas to live differently in this new age.Seniors ought to think freely and make living after retirement a pleasure