Are you satisfied with "just live a minimalist life with an annuity in your old age"?Wouldn't it be more interesting to take "living on an annuity in your old age" as a last resort, to try interesting things, and to challenge yourself to what you can achieve?
Don't give up on challenges when you're over 50
Everyone's definition of happiness is different. When you are over 50 years old, it is easy to comfort yourself that you should be satisfied with the small fortunes at your fingertips when you are old, such as having a sheltered house and delicious three meals, it is enough to have family and friends to accompany you, and it is enough to pursue interests.
However, a woman in her 50s told her daughter, "Don't expect me to help you take care of your grandchildren," and told her husband to "do your own thing," and then quit her job and went abroad to be a Japanese teacher. She said: "If you have never challenged the limits of your abilities before you die, how can you die willingly?"I want to show my daughter and grandchildren that no matter how old they are, they can take on the challenge. After she left her comfort zone to "challenge", her relationship with her family became better, and the age should not be limited to the age of pursuing small happiness, but should take the initiative to expand her world.
From the past to the present, there is always a certain level of people who yearn to "move to the countryside when they are old and live frugally on their annuities". As one gets older, one should reduce the amount of items they have on hand. Reducing the number of items you have can save time and energy in managing, tidying up, and searching, and also reduce the psychological burden. But reducing the size of life doesn't mean that ideas and lifestyles have to be retreated.
Try to spend less, try not to spend money, often choose to reduce daily activities, narrow the circle of friends, so that the vision may become narrow, focusing on the so-called "small luck". No matter what kind of work you are engaged in, you will be in a fixed environment and interpersonal relationships for a long time, and you will be easily bound by prejudices, and your sensibilities will become dull and your thoughts will become rigid.
Don't limit yourself easily
Sometimes, when I was sick, I thought, "Don't be too greedy, just live like this!".But then another ego came out and whispered in his ear, "Don't limit yourself!".There will be another self, presumably because I feel that I have not yet reached the limit, and I can't give up easily!
In the workplace, too, I feel that "it's good to be healthy" and do my best within the scope of what I can do, so as to avoid a new job or troubles. It's best if you can be satisfied, but if you live this kind of life, you must be depressed, right?I thought, "I should be able to do something!".There is still "room for growth". If you miss this opportunity, you may have a little trouble moving in the next stage, and you will be unable to move if you want to.
All in all, if you want to grow up after the age of 50, you must pay more attention to new information, the environment, and interpersonal relationships, and start a "revolution" on your own. Small happiness and happiness obtained by pursuing one's own possibilities are two different things. Break through your own limits first to achieve true happiness.
Instead of running away from difficulties, look for things that make you willing to defy them
When the work that I have been doing diligently for a long time finally comes to fruition, when I feel the growth of my children, or when I finish a marathon, I shed tears of joy, it is because of overcoming difficulties and hard work. Happiness is not about running away from difficulties, but about finding things that make people feel free to overcome them. Instead of running away from difficulties, look for things that make you willing to defy them”