Keep in mind that you’re a product of your environment. One conclusion then is for you to choose an environment that enhances your development toward your objective. Think about the past 20 years in terms of your environment. What are the things around you that you know for sure are helping you toward your success? [...]
Financial Independence and Professional Development
It’s not hard to dream about financial independence that you can actually achieve it and then face reality that it it’s going to be a struggle to believe that it’s actually possible for you? You are retired and spent some time exploring the world but now the bills are starting to pile up a bit. [...]
Advice for Your Retirement
There are two myths about aging that become part of thinking about retirement. These are: what you believe is what you get; How you are treated by others matters. I mention these because they go hand in hand with the belief that getting older means a person becomes less important and valuable. The fact is [...]
Volunteering in Retirement
If you’re looking for something to do that helps others and still benefits your mental and physical health then look no further than volunteering. A study found that adults over 65 who volunteered have half the mortality risk than their peers who don’t volunteer. At The American Geriatrics Society researchers reported that retirees who volunteer [...]
How Baby Boomers View Aging
Baby boomers are rethinking their later years. If you are someone who is thinking about what happens after retirement or if you even want to retire then know you are not alone. If you have a business that markets to this group of consumers you will want to study all this information. Some of these [...]
Baby Boomers’ Outlook Towards Life and Aging
The good news is that I have been right on target when I write about what Baby Boomers are doing and how they are thinking. I just got a hold of the Del Web survey published last April entitled 10th Baby Boomer Survey. Del Web is America’s largest home builder of active adult communities and [...]
Reengage and Reconnect in Retirement
One of the first questions asked when approaching retirement is What will you do all day? The pat response, of course, is whatever you want to do. The difference is instead of doing all your errands on Saturdays you can scatter them throughout the week without feeling rushed and pressured. You don’t have to spend [...]
Can You Relax In Your Retirement?
Many of us view relaxation as something totally separate from work. For some it may be curling up with a good book (or book on your Kindle), sprawling on the couch to watch football, puttering around in the garage or baking a batch of cookies. If this describes yourself I am suggesting you change your [...]
Finding Purpose and Meaning in Retirement
I have a friend who has been teaching English literature most of her adult life. She retired from a community college position and is sometimes hired to teach the faculty email protocol or communication skills. She recently took up writing, something she wanted to do for years but never had the time set aside for [...]
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