Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees

Since writing this podcast over 11 years ago I wanted to revisited it and see if my thoughts have evolved. It still stan... Read more

Experiences in retirement bring a sharp focus on the time we have to live. If we are paying attention we get an extra in... Read more

There are some advantages to aging. One is that we have higher BS radar. We learn to be a better judge of character. We ... Read more

Is there such a thing as a "retired state of mind"? Do we see life a bit different than other segments of the population... Read more

Worry seems to be one of the constant conditions of living. We worry about big things and little things. We may be wise ... Read more

Biking has become an integral part of my retirement life. Lots of people do it. Why is that? What does it add? Could it ... Read more

It is hard to get anything done if we don't know where we want to go. Where we really want to go. Priorities become impe... Read more

How much money will I need to retire? What a difficult question; when you are working and when you retire. No one knows ... Read more

How would it be to live in three months in Paris, then Thailand, then Prague, then Puerto Vallarta? That's your first ye... Read more

Some folks feel a tinge of guilt upon retirement. They feel like they should be doing something productive or meaningful... Read more

Planning for our funeral is something we can choose to do or not. There are many choices. It might be wise to give it so... Read more

We want to help but we don't want to enable. Life challenges continually present themselves to our children and grandchi... Read more

How valuable is it to be a good judge of character? How valuable is it to be able to distinguish between the important a... Read more

Regrets accumulate as we move through life. We have all uttered the words , "If I could just do that over". Retirement b... Read more

As we get older more medical issues require attention. We have all heard of getting a second opinion for medical issues.... Read more

One can sit in a rocking chair only so long. Rocking or drifting all day can satisfy only so long. Then a strange force ... Read more

It is comforting to stay in the same place a long time. You develop a sense of place. It is exciting to move somewhere e... Read more

When the opportunity to retire first comes to our minds we are most likely to assume we could not live without income fr... Read more

We could have died quite easily - but we didn't. The rest of life is sort of a bonus. We may turn it into a true learnin... Read more

Retirement sometimes gives us a chance to reunite our families. Though schools and jobs may have separated us from sibli... Read more