Have you ever considered what old age would look like for you? And have you ever had a foresight about what retirement life may look like? Well, I have been thinking a lot recently. As a civil servant (a civil servant is someone who is under the employment of a government parastatal) when I clock sixty, I will be asked to go rest for the younger generation to get space to be employed. Then, I will be considered an elder statement.
It is for this reason that I feel like making future plans so that I will not become burdensome on my children. I need to plan my life around retirement. After all, it was not raining when Noah built the ark.
In my bid to have all that will be needed to live a comfortable life when my legs and arms would have become weaker, Inhabe set in motion different models to cater for my tomorrow.
Safe Up A lot of Cryptocurrency: This may sound very funny but the rise of Bitcoin has taught me a huge lesson that though my beginning may be small, my future will be exceedingly great. I have started saving most of my cryptos. The purpose is not to starve but to keep tomorrow in check. Already, I have more than one stream of income. So, keeping my earned cryptos for the future is not a bad idea.
Eat Healthily: Having seen a lot of old people battling one health challenge or the other gives me some goosebumps. From my findings, bad eating habits have been the major cause of some.old age ailments like diabetes, hypertension and many more. So, as part of my plan, I would stop drinking alcohol. I stopped taking alcohol ten years ago and I am grateful that I knew this on time too, smoking too is a bad habit that could affect one at retirement.
Instead of those bad health habits, I have designed a routine for eating healthy foods and liquid intakes. I have also noticed that good foods are cheap while dangerous food that could harm our body, is expensive. How brilliant is it to purchase what will kill one with exorbitant money? Eating vegetables and fruits, especially seasonal fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the body well.
In my country Nigeria, public education is on the decline. Public schools are not what they seemed to be some thirty years ago. Thus, parents have decided to enroll their wards in private schools.
I have also noticed that the birthrate in my country is so high. Hence, the need for more schools. As an experienced school administrator, I see the school business as a means of livelihood.
Since parents are investing in their wards, I will seize the opportunity to establish a school for children. The plan is already in top gear.
I hope to build a Créche. This is a school facility that cares for infants between age zero to three. Parents who are breastfeeding their infants and are working can keep their babies with us until they close from work. And of course, the service is not for free.
Also, is the establishment of a primary school. There is no fear of whether there will be pupils. The environment where I want to use, I mean location, has only a few schools. Hence, I would just build a standard brand which will be our selling point and run a recent curriculum that is in tune with the federal government's designed planned curriculum.
In all, these steps would help me live a good life after active service. And finance that will be needed will not be scarce.
Health Insurance Scheme: There have been many anomalies in the department of government in my nation. This is the reason why many of us have lost interest or trust in involving ourselves with government agencies.
We have a health insurance scheme that is currently running but for me, I think it is a death trap for old people.
The bottleneck of giving out incentives or subsidized medical care is slow and mist times, a victim would have died before he is attended to.
Rather than involve the government, my family and I have agreed to register with a private hospital where our medical history is kept and we can be attended to anytime and anywhere.
With the above, retirement will be comfortable while activity persists. We should know that to retire is not to be tired.
