I found this at the Courier Mail (Brisbane, Queensland's Daily Newspaper) today
"INDUGLING in exotic foods, frequently travelling and buying new cars is what many Australians expect to do in retirement despite falling well short of having the funds to do so.
To live a financially comfortable retirement couples need at least $4700 a month to afford the lifestyle they desire after work.
But Galaxy Research, commissioned by Sunsuper, surveyed more than 1500 Australians and found Australians believed they would need about $3700 a month to life comfortably in retirement.
They hoped to indulge in whatever foods they wanted (57 per cent) and to regularly travel to socialise with friends (55 per cent), dine out once a month (50 per cent), take an annual holiday within Australia (49 per cent), buy a new car (45 per cent) and travel overseas every one to two years (41 per cent)."
The rest of the article is here.
Firstly - the spelling. "Indugling" - clearly the writer meant "indulging" but you'd think the headline would be spelled correctly! It is not rare to see these errors. Shame.
The detail of the article is interesting. I know my income is below the level to live comfortably. So where do you get the funds when you have retired and there is no more income than the pension. Life will be tough.
It is a little ironic that in the same news as above, complete with spelling error is the news that our education system is failing students at this time. Read the article here.
We seniors have been "watching" the education of our offspring and know that often/usually we older folk can spell, add/subtract/multiply quicker and with little or no errors, and also know our geography and history much better. Still, we are outdone on the technology that seems to drive the lives of the younger generations.
"INDUGLING in exotic foods, frequently travelling and buying new cars is what many Australians expect to do in retirement despite falling well short of having the funds to do so.
To live a financially comfortable retirement couples need at least $4700 a month to afford the lifestyle they desire after work.
But Galaxy Research, commissioned by Sunsuper, surveyed more than 1500 Australians and found Australians believed they would need about $3700 a month to life comfortably in retirement.
They hoped to indulge in whatever foods they wanted (57 per cent) and to regularly travel to socialise with friends (55 per cent), dine out once a month (50 per cent), take an annual holiday within Australia (49 per cent), buy a new car (45 per cent) and travel overseas every one to two years (41 per cent)."
The rest of the article is here.
Firstly - the spelling. "Indugling" - clearly the writer meant "indulging" but you'd think the headline would be spelled correctly! It is not rare to see these errors. Shame.
The detail of the article is interesting. I know my income is below the level to live comfortably. So where do you get the funds when you have retired and there is no more income than the pension. Life will be tough.
It is a little ironic that in the same news as above, complete with spelling error is the news that our education system is failing students at this time. Read the article here.
We seniors have been "watching" the education of our offspring and know that often/usually we older folk can spell, add/subtract/multiply quicker and with little or no errors, and also know our geography and history much better. Still, we are outdone on the technology that seems to drive the lives of the younger generations.
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