I have a very wise cousin that told me once there's three phases to retirement. Those are 1) the GoGo years, 2) the Slow-go years and 3) the No-go years. Most people upon entering retirement look at how much money from investments they can withdraw each year to maintain their style of living. I've arrived at a different formula based on 2 & 3. I figure I'm going to spend 50% of what I have in the next 10 years, the GoGo years, and enjoy it. I figure at 75 I'll be a bit slower and not as willing to travel across multiple time zones and I don't want to look back and say, "Gee I wish I would've..."
I watched my father save and save for retirement and then live very frugally after he got there. At 82 he entered a nursing home memory unit at a cost of over $10,000 per month. The money he earned and saved is now gone. And he didn't get to enjoy it.
My hope is that should I ever need to go to a nursing home, there's very little left to spend on that before Medicaid starts picking up the bill. We'll see how my plan goes when I reach 75.
Enjoy life while you're still young enough to do it.
Thom
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