Getting older...and living alone

[Olive]

Do you worry about aging, and how you are going to cope being on your own?
If you get sick?

Do you worry that you might have to move to a retirement village?
Or go and live with family?

Is the pension enough for you to survive on your own, if you're keeping good health?
(not meant to be a personal question, about other monies you might have)

Will you have to downsize?
What will happen to all your things, that take up space?

Will your family take care of you?

I no longer believe that there is any point in worrying about the future.   The world has changed so dramatically in the past two years that none of us can predict what our circumstances will be even five years from now.  I have lived alone in between relationships and marriages and I know that I am able to lead a useful life alone. We are lucky to live in a country with a decent social welfare framework including medical care, and despite the way we all like to complain about it we are better off than most.