Young AT YoungHeart March

There will always be justi cation in saying that planning for one’s senior years should be a serious business, and it is. Much needs to be taken care of – how to live on a reduced income, will and estate planning, keeping tabs on health and wellbeing, and so on.

This Young at Heart feature looks at a few of those

Research shows it is just as important to keep a positive mindset, to adopt a ‘glass half full’ view on life and to maintain social connections as it is to tackle the nuts and bolts of retirement planning. It is something of a privilege to be able to clock o the years … after all, those who can’t have left too early. Embrace the achievement and smile.

As George Bernard Shaw once said: “You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”