3/10/2023 0 Comments Should i go to the party quiz![]() It is just a quiz to get us all thinking about the following important factors in deciding whether to move (even within the same general area) or age in place. Is it a perfect quiz? No, we couldn’t weight the answers because it would be impossible to know how much a terrific library or being close to your grandchildren might mean to you. I think that the Texas home builders might have put the master bedrooms on the first floor to make sure that we would never feel like we had to leave our home to avoid the stairs. I scored 30 percent, which probably means that we should consider staying in our current home/area and take long vacations on the East Coast. What does a perfect score mean? Well, if you scored 100 percent or anywhere close, then it is time to do some serious thinking about whether your current home/community/region is still serving your needs. To get ourselves thinking about when we should consider our next move based on factors other than a vague desire for new horizons, I’ve created this short and, hopefully, thought-provoking quiz to help you decide whether you should move or stay where you are: Let’s not let that happen to us or our families. Their lack of planning has led in both cases to sibling skirmishes or all-out wars over disappointed parents who are unaware of, or ill-equipped to control, the resulting dissension. I have had multiple conversations with friends whose parents (now in their 80s) failed to plan for the day when they would need some help getting to the hospital for procedures, shoveling the steps, or safely getting in and out of the bathroom never mind the shower. Why? If we are not willing to plan when and where we can live while we age, someone else will do it for us potentially glazed with a little resentment. Even if it’s complicated, however, I think that it is important to be purposeful, practical, and strategic about planning our future after age 50. Some of us rely on certain people for their care or have people that rely on them. What we want to do, however, isn’t always consistent with our personal realities. I think that the beach is somewhere on the East Coast where we are both originally from and where most of our family and many good friends still reside. ![]() There is no yard work in my dream, just dinner parties and fun and games that someone else is in charge of organizing. Where does that leave us? I don’t know about you, but every time that I think about the time when Howie and I are not working full time, I see a large body of water in front of me and waves. A Quiz to Help You Decide Whether You Should Move or Stay
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