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Work till 75? It may actually make for a more rewarding life
It goes without saying that the longer you stay employed, the more secure your retirement will be. There are other benefits, too, especially if you live to a ripe old age.
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Even as many of us chafe under our bosses and think longingly of retirement, there are benefits to staying employed, given how long we may live, says the writer.
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Joey (not her real name) works at a cafe that I frequent. Cheerful and bubbly, she has a way with customers. With her hair always dyed a fashionable bright brown, few could believe it when she became a grandmother last year. Earlier this year, she said she would stop work as she was fed up doing extra shifts when the cafe was short-handed. But I wondered what she was going to do with all that free time on her hands.
Recently, I spotted her back at the cafe. Now she works only two or three times a week and is happier. “Not so tiring,” she told me. She also gets to interact with the customers, which she loves, and gets to make some extra money. A win-win situation indeed.
