What you can do, seeing how living longer and longer is slowly, becoming, an INEVITABILITY on planet E-A-R-T-H, from the Front Page Sections, translated…
How can we make sure, that we don’t fall into the population of “living poor in old age”? the Japanese writer, Takashi Fujita suggested, that modern man must have the concepts of “saving”, not just in the monetary sense, but also, getting connected with others around you. And, having a poor interpersonal relationship can cause you to live poorly in old age, more so than not having enough money.
Participating in Activities with Other Members of One’s Age Group can do the “trick” too…
The modern day man’s elderly years are elongated, and, the onset of illnesses, or accidents, may cause there to be a sudden need for a large amount of money. Fujita suggested, that modern day man need to start managing the household economics at a younger age, to discuss with the insurance agency, or financial advisors on the matter of having assets in old age, to set up an income-earned chart of one’s elderly years.
And still, having a rich life doesn’t just depend on the finances or the materials. Keeping close contact with the loved ones, actively involving oneself in the communities, giving and receiving social supports from the friends, can all prevent a person, from falling into the abyss of becoming an “elderly living on the lower end of the socioeconomic status”. Fujita pointed out, that in the elderly years, if one can manage to establish more interpersonal connections before falling into the isolation of old age, then even IF the individual becomes poverty-stricken, life won’t be as hard.
Fujita found out, that people who are bugged by their lack of money, some are living happily, while others, miserably. He’d analyzed, that the primary cause of the differences lie in “the separation of having interpersonal connections”, that interpersonal connections are a determinant, of how happy one is to live in the elderly years. And, for the elderly who get involved into the world, heading to multiple social functions, life will be better, and, when they’d needed, they can also, find assistance from the organizations they’re belonging to.
Swing that bat, granny!!!
He’d pointed out, before age fifty-five, people focused on working. But after fifty-five, they’d needed to start focusing on their interpersonal interactions with their spouses, their children, their families and their friends as well. The elderly population needed to shift their systems of value, “shifting the focus from the economics to establishing intimate connections with others”. That way, one can set up a safety net for oneself, and have people to share the joys in life with, to not be isolated in old age.
And, Fujita also encourages people, to get involved in not-for-profit organizations, or civic activities, to strengthen the interpersonal connection networks, that way, when one needs, one can get the immediate assistance one requires, from the friends and organizations one belongs to.
So, based off of this man’s research and observations, you CAN see, how important it is, to keep on socializing in your elderly years, can’t you? But, most of the time, as we got older, we’d just, naturally, cut off contact with the outside world we were once, a part of, and, with the coming of age, more and more of our friends, families, are dying, and that, makes it easier, for us, to live in isolation, and we must, BREAK out of that mode of thought, in order, to have a fulfilled old age.
Life, the Obstacle Course 