AARP Survey Shows Boomers Turning 65 Are Satisfied With Their Lives

 A recent survey of boomers who will turn 65 in 2011 commissioned by AARP show that 78 percent of the oldest boomers, those turning 65 in 2011, are satisfied with the way things are going in their lives today.

The survey, Approaching 65: A Survey of Baby Boomers Turning 65 Years Old, also showed that overall, 70 percent of baby boomers say they have achieved all or most of what they wanted out of life. 26 percent say they have achieved some of what they wanted.

Only three percent say they have achieved little or none of what they wanted out of life. Words used to describe their feelings about the next five years included exciting, fulfilling, confident, hopeful and optimistic.