I Never Know What to Do

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Anne's lack of faith in her ability to make good decisions is casting a negative shadow over her golden years. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Ann, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. My name is Ann. Hi there. I am 72 years old. I'm divorced. I have two grown daughters that they live all about three hours from me in different states. And I, um, I work very limited hours. Um, and I'm, I work very limited hours.
0:40.3	And I'm, no family member lives near me.
0:45.3	I've got a couple of friends.
0:48.3	But I wanted, I'm having trouble deciding if I should relocate back to my home state of Massachusetts.
0:57.0	I have family there, but my daughters wouldn't be there, or the grandchildren.
1:03.0	I have three grandchildren.
1:06.0	They're, let's see here, 11 8 and 5 boys um and i'd like to move back to massachusetts but one day i'm fine with it
1:20.9	and then i'm thinking they're going to go up so fast, they should probably stay put.
1:33.0	And I'm just, I'm just at odds with it.
1:35.3	I just can't decide what to do.
1:40.9	It's a difficult decision for me.
1:43.8	What makes it a difficult decision? Well, why is it difficult?
1:49.0	Difficult is, I don't see them a lot at work in my situation now, but I usually see them
2:00.0	once every three months.
2:02.8	I drive each one of them.
2:07.3	Once every three months is not being really involved with their families.
2:15.5	Okay, let me go.
2:16.9	Probably, yeah, I'm going to say two to three months.
2:21.9	Yes.
2:23.0	I'm not involved with their families.
2:25.0	Okay, I'm just pointing out that that's not like weekly involved.
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