My Father-in-law is still in a nursing home and so I’m still learning about aging.  It turns out that almost as important as having good finances is having a good social network.  Building social capital by doing good deeds, going to social gathering and showing interest in others will make being old easier.  Belonging to some groups that have younger people in them is a useful way to build social capital.  Go to Synagogue or Church regularly.  Join a hiking club or a quilting group or play Mahjong.  Go often to the same restaurants or bars so that you become a regular.  If you do these kinds of activities when you are young, you will have social capital in the friendship bank when you are old.  Socail capital can be used to get rides, have visitors, have fresh people to talk to or get necessary errands run.  It is critically important when your mobility and other capabilities decrease.

While writing this I have just talked myself into keeping the job of PJTC Library Dude.