Encouragement for you
A goal of mine is to encourage others who may be facing what I am facing, or also to give the heads up to young people precisely what you need to watch out for in a country that no longer has defined benefit retirement plans.
You have to take care of your own affairs all along through your life.
Lest you end up alone, scared, and frustrated at 60, you need to be thinking ahead. That’s my opinion IMHO.
I had a nightmare last night. I was working late in one of the brightly lit Federal Government offices as a counselor for soldiers who were leaving the Army. My boss paged me through the intercom and said: “Would the 60++ year old woman step into my office please?” I felt all eyes on me! Was I the only person in that 50-seater office who was 60 years old? I guess I was, since no soul moved an inch. I grabbed my pen and notebook and went straight to the office.
I knocked on the door and saw my boss who was two generations younger than I was. “I have received orders that our soldiers were to be enrolled in programs to help them restart their lives. So effective tomorrow, there is nothing for you to counsel since they’re to be taken care of. Goodbye.”
I woke up in a sweat. My heart was pounding and tears were running down my cheeks. It has been the same nightmare for 2 weeks now. I have no one to call. My parents have both passed away. My brother and his family migrated somewhere some years back. I’m alone, frustrated, and overweight.
Honestly, I didn’t prepare for my future. I was living my life as it passed me by. Being a wife of responsible and dedicated men was great, but when they started leaving, I had to fend for my own self.
Why is life like this? Have I used all the happy points in one sitting?
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