Old Man Dreaming

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I think about being old a lot.

A lot of times I ponder to myself what kind of old guy will I be?

I don’t want to be an angry old guy.  That is no fun.  You know, the old guy that everyone tolerates and listens to because they feel obligated?

Wouldn’t want to be the quiet old guy either.  The one that sits in the corner and says nothing, left to his own thoughts and doesn’t look like he’s having any fun.

Definitely, don’t want to be the unhealthy old guy.  The one that has so many ailments and so many pills he gets confused as to what to take.

Nah man, I don’t want that either.

I think I want to be the sarcastic, rich, old guy.  I think that would be the most fun!

What I do know is that I want to buy a house big enough so that I can live in my daughter’s backyard.  Why my daughter’s backyard you ask?  Well, I think that would be awesome, that is why.   I want to be able to come and go as I damn well please.  Come in…….Get a few hugs…….Drink some good wine…….and be out.

I want to be at my daughter’s dinner party, talking to all of her friends and be able to look at all of them, and tell them, I am going to take a nap.   I want my daughter to look at me and say, ‘but dad, this is your granddaughter’s graduation party’.  Yep, and I got another one graduating in a couple of years……nap time!

She should be satisfied with the fact that I put clothes on before I came to the party.

My robe game is going to be on point. I am going to have all kinds of different robes.

1. The old man in the room robe
2. I could die tomorrow robe
3. If someone farted, it was probably me robe
4. Mirror to check for fog in the left pocket robe

I want to say crazy things like Girl, you are going to be impressive when you grow up,  too bad granddad won’t be here to see it.  I know what you are thinking; that sounds like a horrible thing to say to a child, but if you were there, it would be funny.

Yes, of course, I’m constantly thinking about being old.

Why don’t you?  What the hell does 90 look like to you?  And why exactly do you have to have a cane or one of those walkers with the tennis balls on them?  I mean, I know I will be moving slow but my mouth will be moving fast.

As for my quick wit? I am working hard to keep it in place.

Hell, I might even start a blog about being an old fart.  Who knows?

What I do know is that you should think about your future a lot.  If you are thinking one day out, you have already lost.  This game of life is like chess, not checkers and you should be thinking where you want to be financially, physically, and mentally.

You don’t get old and stiff, you get stiff then old.

I am not going to stop moving and shaking just because you people think that is what I am supposed to be doing.  (For reference, check out my blog, Stop Worrying About Being Judged – Worry About Your Budget). I don’t know what I will be doing when I am 90, but financially, I want to do whatever I want, and sitting in a rocker all day is not what I want at all!

Whatever I want, is what I am shooting for.

I am not playing around here.  I don’t know if it will be my wife picking up some stud at the nursing home or me, but I sure hope she is kicking it after I am gone.  Life is too short.  I don’t want her to want for anything financially.  I really don’t want her to be a burden to my children.

That being said, I often build mental models of what it looks like when I am old and I am working every day to constantly build upon it.  You cannot build it if you are not thinking about it.

If you hang out with me at any point in time, you should know I’m always asking what is next for you.  What is your next goal?  Where are you going?  What is your final destination?

Mine just happens to be in a bathrobe that says: Old and Dirty!

I plan on throwing a rave at my daughter’s house for all the nursing home peeps at Shady Pines.  I’ll hire a DJ to play all of my favorite songs and a cleaning crew to make sure it doesn’t look like anything happened while my daughter was on vacation!

Seriously……..I don’t know if I am doing any of that stuff.  It sounds pretty fun to me.  However, I want the option.  That is what money management is about……..Options.

Options to be free to think, feel, and do whatever you want to.  To allow you to help those who need help while allowing you to help yourself whenever YOU need help.

If you don’t think about the future, then the future will happen to you.

This idea is quoted best in the blog Priceless Advice from Older Americans by Caitlin Burm – “Act like you will need your body for 100 years.”