Saturday, September 8, 2012

Turning 50-Reasons to Celebrate

By Simon Andrew


First of all, you should know you're not the only one turning 50 years. Therefore, you should not be depressed simply because your 50th birthday is approaching. Many folks start thinking about their death as soon as they turn 50. To make it worse, a feeling that they have done nothing in the 50 years that they have lived starts disturbing them. The reality is that, the 50th birthday isn't different from the previous birthdays.

If you are depressed that you are getting older, it is time to take a look in the mirror. I do not mean that you'll look any younger by doing this but instead to understand who you are. What I'm trying to say is that you could have achieved a lot over the 50 years without your knowledge. For example, you have successfully raised a family and you even helped people do something when they needed your assistance. It is obvious that these folks will surprise you by giving you unique 50th birthday gifts.

Finding Hope When You're 50

Why should you start feeling helpless and hopeless now that you are turning 50 years? If you didn't feel helpless and hopeless during the past years, there's no need to have those feelings now. As we said earlier there are a lot of people who are celebrating their 50th birthday like you. Therefore there isn't a reason to feel bad when the members of your family are wishing you a happy birthday.

Benefits for Senior Citizens

Many restaurants and stores offer Senior Citizens ' Discount; therefore you should celebrate your 50th birthday because it is the start of fun. Many restaurants, businesses and stores cut down the cost of commodities bought by the senior citizens by giving discounts from 10% to 25%. In fact a lot of people usually wish to celebrate their 50th birthday because of this incentive.

Banking institutions also provide special services for senior citizens. The banks have money management services that are meant to help the senior citizens. Health care institutions are also providing programs that are intended to help the older citizens. Many organisations have also started making the homes of the senior citizens secure and healthy.

Retirement!

You should start thinking about your retirement as soon as you turn 50. Some of the people may opt to retire very late. Therefore, you can start planning how you'll engage in fun activities after you retire.

In short, it is pointless to get depressed simply because there are some downsides of reaching fifty years. Some people assume that life will start accelerating in a downhill direction. You should always remember that turning 50 does not necessarily imply that you're going to die very soon. If you wish to age gracefully do not think it is the end of the world.




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