I read in the papers that the govt should look into 'The missing 50s' - people who are in their 50s, but once retrenched, could not get back into the workforce.
I am in my 50s. I realised the pain of being in the 50s:
50 to 60 years old experience the following:
1) Coping with retrenchment. PMETs, once retrenched, can hardly find an equivalent job or something close.
2) Children may get married, or start working overseas, leaving the parents behind, causing a void.
3) Their parents should be about 70 to 90 years old and 'gradually' leaving this world. It is stressful both to look after parents and parents-in-laws during their final life stages, and to see them leaving one by one (4 times within 10 years?).
4) Some friends may start to leave this world.
5) The physical body deteriorates. Health problems set in. Tires more easily.
6) It's the time of menopause and andropause, whatever the effect.
It's time we look towards the Divine again.
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