Regrets? I’ve Had A Few

13 Reasons You’ll Regret an RV in Retirement. Someone passed this over to me. And I clicked on the link. Perhaps you did as well.

Let me save you some time. Here are the 13 reasons.

1. They are expensive
2. They require upgrades
3. They depreciate
4. They are costly to fuel
5. They have to be insured
6. They require you to have extra health insurance
7. They require you to manage your sewage waste
8. They offer tight living quarters
9. They are not easy to drive
10. They are not easy to park
11. They are expensive to repair
12. They don’t have a lot of storage space
13. They can make you isolated from people

Quite the list and certainly people should think carefully about the implications of embracing any type of major change in their retirement years.

Some retirees long to travel the world in a sailboat. I suspect the same 13 regrets would apply.

Some retirees long to relocate to a new country. At least a few of those 13 regrets would apply.

Some retirees stay planted in their hut. And a few of those 13 regrets would apply.

Regret is a negative emotional state that involves blaming ourselves for a bad outcome, feeling a sense of loss or sorrow at what might have been or wishing we could undo a previous choice that we made.

In other words, regret is a state of mind.

A colleague of mine had retired and passed away only a few months later after coming down with pancreatic cancer. He prepared his own memorial service before his death and he used a familiar song to make a point:

I’ve lived a life that’s full
I’ve traveled each and every highway
But more, much more than this
I did it my way.

Regrets, I’ve had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way.

Embrace your dream, whatever that might be and make it your own.

No regrets. Especially in retirement. The clock is ticking. Death is not that far away now.

It could be an RV, a sailboat, or a log cabin in the wilderness. Whatever it is, no regrets.

And, if you do have regrets, make a change before the clock winds down.

It is up to you.