Dream retirement lifestyle of picking up shells on the beach. My reaction was nausea!

“Role Models” are everywhere.  For a long time, I have looked around for people who are older than I am… people who are doing something different and interesting.  My thinking began back in the 80’s when I heard about an article in Readers Digest which was highlighting the American Dream retirement lifestyle of picking up shells on the beach.  NOT!!!!!!!!

About that time, I saw a 20/20 program about some elderly women who were know as “The Beardstown Ladies”.  They had formed an investment club and met in the basement of a local church for the purpose of learning together and applying what they had learned to the whole area of investing in stocks and bonds.  There they were… Role Models… and the idea stayed in my head.

Within a few months, I had formed my own club with 20 women and we met together for 2 years.

Even now, I’m on the lookout for older people, both around me and in biographical history, who are engaged in life, doing something that is challenging and interesting with a vision that includes others.  They inspire new ideas in me that add value and new experiences to my life.