The Transition Of Retirement - Original Writing

As a young woman, Mrs. Sommers frequently catered to her every whim, but this changed when she got married. She took on the role of homemaker and mother, fulfilling everyone else’s wishes and needs. Her fifteen dollars served as a catalyst in reawakening her own desires. Remembering how sweet the taste of wealth was compared to her present, impoverished, life, she becomes sad, wishing she can stay wealthy forever.

On the slide show that he made for his last lecture, the very last picture was a picture of him with his three kids, the youngest Chloe, the middle child Logan, and the oldest Dylan. Another example to show how much Mr. Pausch loved his family is right after the wedding service was over the newlyweds rode off in a hot air balloon. After a while in the hot air balloon it was time to land the balloon. The only problem was that the wind took them over urban Pittsburg. The newlyweds and the ballooner found a large field next to train tracks to land on. There was a train on the tracks coming towards them so they had run off as soon as the basket of the balloon hit the ground. Mr. Pausch grabbed his wife and ran away from the balloon. Everybody was safe and the train did not hit the balloon. Another experience occurred during the lecture when Mr. Pausch stopped his lecture to bring out a cake and have everyone in the audience sing happy birthday to his wife. His wife came up on stage and gave her husband a big hug and whispered in his ear “Please don’t die.” These three experience shows how much Mr. Pausch loves his wife and kids and how much he means to

3. He still works in the office even though he no longer works 14 hour days. He feels he is financially secure and probably could retire right now. However, he feels healthy enough to continue work and since he built his company from the ground up, he will continue to work until he can no longer work anymore. He worries about the economy and does feel as though times are tougher. He went on to describe how you could make a return from buying stocks and bonds and currently you can have a million dollars in bonds and your return will be $2.00. Overall it seemed as though the reason he works is because he still enjoys working. His free time is spent with his family. He also helps his grandkids financially with school and other little things but he doesn’t feel as though he fully supports any of his children or grandkids because they are doing well on their own. He would not mind doing it however, and feels as though he is financially capable of doing so if he had to.

Post-Concussion-Syndrome (PCS) is a form of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). PCS is caused when a traumatic brain injury occurs do to an outside force (such as accidents) and the patient becomes concussed. Do to this, PCS is an environmental disease. PCS can also refer to the symptoms that a person may get directly after getting a concussion or initial trauma but many professionals’ use the term PCS to describe what happens to a person after they get a concussion, of either one crucial concussion or when a person get’s multiple concussion (either in rapid succession or concussions throughout a timeline) where the symptoms still impact them for longer than a few weeks.

a. i. An employer with a defined-contribution plan pays into the plan either an annual lump-sum per employee or calculates payments based on the employees‟ current wages and or time of service with the firm. Under such a plan, the employer does not guarantee the future amounts employees will receive when they retire. The employees covered by a defined-contribution plan assume the risk for the pension plan‟s financial performance. Under a defined-benefit plan, the employer specifies the size and timing of the payments that the employees will receive when they retire. Typically, these retirement benefits are commensurate with the wages earned by the employee in his or her last few years of employment

Aging is an inevitability of life. With age man exchanges the physical prowess of youth for the wisdom that comes through experiencing the trials and triumphs of life. As an individual enters late adulthood, age 65 and older, they experience many physical, emotional and mental changes never previously encountered and which may require an adaptation of their earlier lifestyle. Some of these late adulthood changes are primary and secondary aging, issues regarding health and wellness, family and personal relationships, and the milestone of retirement. Understanding these changes can help late age adults

He would go out with his friends every afternoon, who had also dropped out of high school. One of his friends, worked at his dad’s gas station, another one, works at Joe’s Grocery. He would hang out at the convenience store with them one day, or go to a party with them another. Either way, that was the life he thought he wanted. That was until he was 20, his mother died in a car accident, and his father shortly died after of cancer. His wife died at the age of 40 from pneumonia.

In the fall of George’s junior year of high school, his father Fred suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. His condition severely affected his speech and soon afterwards his business went down. This took an emotional toll on Fred, who eventually got a part time job as a superintendent at a cemetery, where he would trim headstones and help to set up burial monuments. He also worked occasionally sweeping out the laundromat. George’s mother still worked at the boutique store. Money was tight and George’s uncle began helping the family financially.

As we grow older, reflecting on one’s life becomes a natural part of the aging process. This paper is a life review taken from my grandfather, Mr. D.H., who was born in the 1940’s, he is currently 75 years old. He has a birthday coming up soon in November where he will be 76 years old. He currently lives by himself in an apartment in a retirement community designed for older able adults, where this interview took place. Overall for his age, his health is stable only suffering from Type I diabetes and a thyroid condition (didn’t specify), that he was diagnosed with in his late 50s that didn’t allow him to work anymore. Despite his current disorders, he’s still able to do for himself, and continues to smoke cigarettes plus indulge in a beer or two a day.

The year was 1954, Dan and Kendra had only been married for 5 months. They had been living in Waterloo, Iowa for 2 months when Dan was deployed to Vietnam. He loved being in the army because he was able to protect and defend his country. He only disliked when he was deployed because he didn’t know whether or not he would make it back home to his wife, but he knew what could happen and his wife told him that no matter what she would love him. Him joining would be a good thing in the long run she persisted. Now Dan and Kendra will have to wait until he comes back home to try anymore to have children.

The majority of migrant workers during this time period could not make relationships last due to the constant moving around for work. The worker’s mental mindset secured them in a never ending trap of working hard and moving often. George explains to Lennie the problem about how they are traveling from the north to the southwest for a different job due to unexpected circumstances. George clarifies this to Lennie by stating that, “Well- look, we’re gonna work on a ranch like the one we come from up north” (6). Moving around the country is not the optimal dream for George and Lennie, one day they idealize living on a few acres of land with a small house consisting of just the two of them, as well as a few animals.

He is worried that his daughter will follow suit once she is through with her education. At 59, retirement is approaching; a reality that worries Arnold as he has saved nothing so far apart from the compulsory national security funds. However, he has managed to handle his work properly with no errors reported. His judgment is normal and marches his age while his

A pension / income stream is simply a product which offers an individual entitlement to a regular income stream each year, in exchange for a payment of capital. They are governed by the Superannuation Industry Supervision (SIS) Act as they are the commutation / drawdown phase of Superannuation.

Aunt Jackie has experienced many opportunities that have blessed her life due to her diligence and niche for be work-oriented. She stated that she graduated as her class Valedictorian in which school officials reviewed school records tracing back the second grade to break the tie between her and the Salutatorian. That’s impressive! Also, she worked hard to sustain her academic scholarships from Southern Methodist University as she double majored in Psychology and Elementary Education. She also pursued a Masters of Art Degree in Research and Development from Western Michigan University. Upon graduation, she was determined to work and began a life for herself. She worked as a teacher in Dallas Independent School District for a couple of years, but was soon offered a more rewarding career. She served 29 years in the department of Research Evaluation and Development for DISD in which had its fair share of tedious assignments and tasks. Aunt Jackie talked about the many school visits she had to make, the data that needed to be analyzed, making sure students were receiving a proper education, etc. From the description of this job, it sounds like it takes diligence to dedicate 29 years of service before retiring. While discussing her work she reflected on the experience and said, “Ooo we did a lot… it wasn’t easy but we made it

At what age should a person retire? What level of activity is reasonable for society to expect of retired individuals? Given the changing demographics of the United States, should retirement be discontinued? Why or why not?