Okay, so I only blog when I'm getting all bottled up inside. I'm frustrated. Eight months of unemployment, very few job interviews, pay is going backwards. I look at my life 10 years ago with a responsible job, great pay, benefits including 403b and I wonder if I should have been saving more and enjoying life less. We had wonderful times: Burning Man seven years in a row, a 34' boat that we used for weekend get-aways, being able to eat out, go to movies, have weekend adventures without watching every penny. Both of us bought new cars- not the most expensive, but with no concern about making the payments.
Now, I'm worried about not taking a job that pays less than half the salary I made then and it doesn't even include health benefits. Of course, our house is paid for, we have no debt on credit cards, our ten year old cars are needing more attention but they can last. I worry about health costs if either of us gets anything major. Is this the tomorrow we were warned about in our youth?
I thought that getting older would have some benefits- going out more, enjoying nature, seeing friends; but now I watch the expenses and hold on tight 'just in case'.
Most remind myself that this too shall pass.
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The life of a Baby-Boomer uprooted from the state of her birth to be transplanted in a foreign land known as Florida. We're not in the Land of Fruits and Nuts anymore.
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