Go Go’s

Hi:

More regarding yesterday’s post regarding Go Go’s.

These are folks just retiring, not old, in fact feeling very young. The present 55 is the new 40. They are healthy, progressive, and ready to rock-and-roll, as it were. And they know how to do it – yes they do!

The present early retirees grew up in the 60’s. They rebelled, had fun, and did what they wanted. That attitude is still there, and quite prevalent, although they needed to suppress it while they were raising their kids and working to pay off the mortgage. Now they are going to relive their youth.

They now can do all the things they ever wanted to do. They are relatively healthy, well-educated, and reasonably financially independent.

High on the list is traveling, starting businesses, especially away from the maddening crowd. Those of us who enjoyed the simple acoustic guitar sounds and the “natural” way of life want to get back it. They are opening bed and breakfasts, plant nurseries, home decorating stores and the like. They want to enjoy life and take others along for the ride.

The next fifteen years should be the best time of their life. They have money, smarts, a place to live, ambition and energy to burn.

This is not the retirement of yesterday.

M.