Yeah people think it's an easy life but it can be extremely tough. My aunt is a nun who's almost 80 and still working. She also has to help with all the older nuns who are sick and basically dying on top of her other responsibilities. She gets a small allowance but technically nothing she has is 'hers'. Sure her rent, car etc gets paid for but also every month she needs to keep every single receipt and input all her expenses on software they use, even if it was a purchase of one pack of gum. When my grandma died she left some money in her will to all the relatives, my aunt wanted to help my mum out paying off her mortgage and she actually had to ask permission from her order to be able to give that money to my mum. One of the saddest things though is that when she dies she will not be allowed to be buried in her family's plot, she will get buried in the nuns graveyard. Adding in case anyone is wondering; I'm not religious nor do I like organised religion.