Early Retirement in Thailand – Brilliant move or a Blunder?
Retire at 54 years of age and be happier?
Well aged 54 and separated from my wife and seeing my friends gain weight and have health problems made me think. I was gaining weight also, I was not happy with the direction my life was headed, so what can I do? I starting thinking of the alternatives.
Retirement? No one wants to talk about it or even think about. Perhaps it makes us feel older if we do that. So years go by and things do not change. We do the same things, eat the same foods until the doctor tells us to make some changes, and we carry on like we will live forever. Unfortunately we wont live forever and we should be thinking of retirement before we kick the bucket. After all what did you work all those years for anyways?
Well to cut to the chase I was thinking of going to the Dominican Republic to live. But after going there twice I found that the power was unreliable, there were safety concerns, doctors and dentists were not easily accessible and it was pricey.
With time on my hands I sat in front of my computer and did some research. and discovered that Thailand...