Being Over 50 and Having Few Regrets
Today is my birthday and although I’m not going to reveal my exact age, I will admit I am over 50. According to some research I read recently, apparently 19% of those over 50 say they haven’t saved enough money for retirement and 18% think they married the wrong person.
Well, I’m certainly in the first category – my savings wouldn’t last long at all if they were all I had to live on – but at least I am very content with the person I married. I might not be wealthy, but I am lucky in love and I think that is more important.
Here is a list of the top ten regrets of the over-50s identified in the research:
1) Nearly a quarter (23%) said they hadn’t seen enough of the world
2) 19% said they didn’t save enough money for retirement
3) Almost the same amount (18%) said they married the wrong person
4) 17% said they never told their parents how much they meant to them
5) 16% chose the wrong career,
6) 16% said working long hours/spent too much time at work
7) 15% said they didn’t spend enough time with their children
8) 15% claimed they worried too much about what other people thought
9) 15% wished they had learned to play a musical instrument
10) 15% regretted not asking their grandparents more about their life before they died
I would have to say that of the list, the only two I feel strongly about are the first and last. I would love to have travelled more and I wish I had asked my grandparents, and parents, more about their lives before they died. I guess it isn’t too late to do more travelling though.
But despite the regrets listed, the research showed that the over-50s generally believe that happiness is more important than money. They remain optimistic and, like me, aspire to travel the world.
The research was put published by Silversurfers.com. Survey methodology: 1,000 over-50s were surveyed online in a study managed by Mortar London.
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Source: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2015/05/being-over-50-and-having-few-regrets.html
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