How is your retirement preparation paying off?

The truth is I’m not preparing for retirement.

I’m being made by my government to put some money aside for it, but if it were up to me I wouldn’t even do that.

I’m not preparing for retirement because I don’t plan on retiring. I don’t think very many people in my generation will retire.

It might sound dystopian, and sure there is that element of it that it’s pretty much impossible to save for a comfortable retirement nowadays.

But there’s another element to it. The host of a podcast that I really like said something on one of his recent shows that really resonated with me. He encouraged listeners to find something that they do not want to retire from.

I mean, who said we ever needed to retire? You need to retire if you work at a factory and you can’t meet the physical requirements of that job anymore, or if you’re a trucker.

But if you’re doing something that you love doing, and you can still make money doing it, and you can still physically and mentally cope – why would you ever want to stop? Do it!

I’d suggest to anyone to rid themselves of the burden of worrying about whether they’ll have enough to sustain their quality of life once they decide to stop being productive.

If you’re 30 you still have 40 more years to find that thing that you love that you can make money doing.

If you’re 50 you still have 20 years – think of what you can accomplish in 20 years!

Even if you’re 60, you still have a full decade to find it and learn how to do it.

Even if you retire tomorrow, you can still learn.

Stop worrying about retirement and whether you’ve saved enough. Invest in yourself now so that you find something you love doing so much, you’ll never want to retire.

Hope that helps.

Jon