In our mind’s
eye, retirement is that happy time
where we no longer have to work another day in our life. The road to retirement
may be a short one or it can turn out to be a long and winding road, with many
more years until we can afford to settle down for all of the benefits that
retirement will offer.
Retirement
is
a nice dream, isn’t it?
Sadly, all retirement might be is
just a dream. We are going to love to just kick back, finally spend time with
the family, perhaps finish that nice household project that we never got around
to because of work commitments. Regardless that is what retirement is going to
be, but for those who have retired over
the past several years, they have found themselves returning their way to work.
Many companies who seemed once
strong have dried up and have laid countless off of work. With those who had
worked for their entire lives, waiting for that time on the job to pay off,
crying in absolute misery. The reason for these retirement woes is extremely simple and at the same time utterly
frustrating beyond belief.
Once a business goes under, the retirement benefits go right under with
it. Therefore, unless people saved a great deal of what they earned, then they
really do in fact have nothing to fall back on. Except for more years of work,
until the point where their body just cannot work anymore and they might not be
able to enjoy life any more.
Working until your body shuts
down is not a happy way to spend what should have been the golden years. Yet,
those on the cusp of retirement age are finding out that everything is
expensive, perhaps they have not saved up properly, or incompetent management
leads to them getting screwed out of retirement benefits that most certainly
have been is.
It does really underline the fact
that we need to start saving our money when we are young but even then, there
is a situation where we still might not be able to live.
The cycle of the work life never
really ends for many. And the reasons are sometimes very much the fault of the
people but with an alarming rate, they are no one’s fault. With retirement begin that golden apple that
no one seems to be able to reach. There are few benefits. Hopefully something
can be done, but it seems like seniors are being swept directly underneath the
rug.
