I have 6 more years to go and I will get about $1250 a month for the rest of my life.
If I keep living over here in Europe that money would spend my money on rent, utilities, and food for the month.
I would need about $260 more a month to cover spending money and miscellaneous bills and I’d be all set. I can work a few hours a month doing something and make that money. However, I would work a lot more than that so that I can save a bit each month. If my electric furnace takes a nosedive, I would have the money to get an Heating & A/C specialist out to repair it if I had a buffer saved in my bank account. I can’t believe that in 6 years I will be able to collect social security, jeez I must be getting old. My HVAC cooling expert neighbor is good at motivating me and I have l acquired a lot from her over the years. We have worked together at the air conditioner dealer that she owns. I think getting older doesn’t have to be a bummer if you look at it from the right angle. But I met her a few years ago when I went into the local dealer to get some energy saving tips from her and some help programming some digital temperature controls that I purchased for all of our family. She helped me a lot with coming to terms about the aging process, and now I feel a lot better about myself than I used to.