COLLINS – Age and resources change your perspective

Posted on February 27, 2017 in Columns // 0 Comments

IT’S FUNNY how your circumstances change your perspective on things. In reality, I guess it’s not surprising. You look at things differently depending on the environment around you.

When I was younger, less worried about money, less concerned about the future, tax increases didn’t seem such a big deal.

Another hundred a year? Drop in the bucket. Let’s get those things done. Let’s make some things happen in our community. Surely it’s not that big a deal. But then you get older, retirement starts to approach, and you start to figure out how retirement will look. And boy, does your perspective change in a hurry.

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