The Power Years
Chapter One
Welcome to the Power Years
Do you long for a life without work or pressure in which your
days are spent baking for the grandchildren or playing eighteen
holes of golf in the morning, followed by a leisurely lunch and
afternoon of bridge, then cocktails, a delicious early dinner, and
a good movie? After all, that's how it worked for our grandparents
and parents, isn't it? We grew up surrounded by this model
of a leisure-filled later life.
Please forget everything you've been told. It's not your obligation
to go away just because you're getting older. Nor is it your
birthright to cede all responsibility to your community and
mankind so that you may lead a life of leisure in retirement. Of
course, you may choose these paths if you wish, but in our view
that would be a mistake. Certainly there is no guarantee that
you'll be able to afford a carefree romp through later life or even
that you'll enjoy it if that's where you can afford to wind up.
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