Invest in your social life like it's a 401(k): Older Americans share how loneliness and money are connected in retirement
Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez.BI More than 3,300 older Americans have shared their financial and other regrets with Business Insider. Some older adults said tight budgets and a lack of savings were contributing to loneliness. This is part of an ongoing series about older Americans' regrets. Taffi Ozenne has a few simple and inexpensive joys in her life. When she feels lonely, she counts them: a hot-fudge sundae at McDonald's ($3.79), a walk with her dogs (free), and the first puff of her cigarette ($9.63 for a pack) on a sunny afternoon in northern California. The 68-year-old repeats the list over and over. "In those moments where I'm wishing I had a friend that I could do something with, I just gravitate toward my dogs and say, oh, I got two friends right here — let's go for a walk," she said. Since mid-September, more than 3,300 older Americans like Ozenne have shared their retirement regrets with Business Insider through a reader survey ...
