Time for THE Talk!!

Okay folks, it’s time for  “The Talk” – again!  No, not that one, we know about sex by now.  And not that one either – menopause is menopause.  This time it is the OTHER TALK that I want to bring up.  Let’s talk about our “later” years.  How do you see yourself in your retirement?  Hopefully you are able to live in the style and comfort you’ve imagined yourself living in.   Hopefully your health affords you the ability to remain active and involved with your family and friends.  Hopefully your family is nearby and supportive and life is worry-free.

Now let’s talk about what is really going on.  It suddenly dawns on you, and I do mean suddenly, you are not young anymore.  Oh I know that you’ve realized over the years that you no longer have the desire to stay out till the wee hours of the night.  Nor do you feel like running – anywhere.  But suddenly you realize that more than half your life is over!!  You are noticing that the obituaries are printing obits of people your age or younger.  You start saying things like “kids now a days”.  Are you ready?

Ready for what you may ask.  It has been said the old age isn’t for sissies… and boy! are they right!  Statistics are showing that between 7,000 and 10,000 “Baby Boomers”  are turning 65 every day.  Yes, you read that correctly – TEN THOUSAND every day. Chances are, you fall into this statistic or you know someone who does. Again I ask, are you ready?

So it is the time to TALK about your will.  TALK  about Health Care Directives.  TALK about Estate Planning; Power of Attorney; where you want to live and where you want to die.  If you bring up these topics, it does not mean you think that death is imminent!  But it does mean that planning is necessary to ensure that nothing life throws at you becomes a crisis.

So TALK, TALK, TALK!

Jane Murakami

Golden Years Planning

www.goldenyearsinfo.com

(507) 403-3875