Doing research for the future

[KiltedCandyman]

Good day all,

My wife, Amy, and I are starting to plan out the retirement in a little more detail. Not the finaces (got that locked down we hope) but things like our house and what we want to do to keep busy. I've notice that people who don't keep busy after retirement don't fair as well as those who do.

One of those things is making stuff. I am a major foodie and love cooking in all it's forms. I have enjoyed learning (and doing) forgotten techniques (as far as the home are concerned) such chartreuse and want to play with cheese making.

Since we live in Texas the items we can grow are limited but several berries do well here such as black berries and grapes. Since I can only eat so many grapes and only make so much jelly it seems like a good idea to learn wine making

Joking aside I have always studied wine making for learning about the foods I use in my cooking. It is very facinating. I also love the idea of making mead as it is one of my favorites. Looking forward to learning what I can before I get to the retirement point (about 25 years) so I can hit the ground running.

Jim

 

[Runningwolf]

LMAO, you got it all planned out and still have 25 years to go before retiring? You do realize your plans will change about 10 more times except for the finance part. I can't tell you how it makes make sick when I see young adults that have a wonderful 401k available to them and they don't take advantage of it because retirement is so far away. If they only realized what that money would do for them over the years working towards retirement.

BTW welcome to Wine Making Talk.I've made a few wines and also look forward to some day making cheese.

 

[KiltedCandyman]

Thanks for the welcome.

True 25 years is a long time but at 43 I've got to start looking toward the future. It may take some time after we get the new house (plan to sell the current one once paided off to buy one custom) to get the land ready for cultivating and than time to get things established. Also might need a bit of time to learn this stuff. From what I've read the basics are fairly easy but beyond that there is a huge world of knowledge to aquire.

When you get down to it though 25 years will go pretty fast if I don't pay attention to it. Real easy for it suddenly get there and "Now what?" Even if I don't go that far with wine and meads it will still be fun to learn and do between now and than.

Jim

 

[winemaker_3352]

Welcome aboard!!!

 

[Brian]

Welcome to a great forum!