The greatest wealth is health” – Roman Poet, Virgil Plan Now for a Healthy Retirement If you’re only thinking of financial planning when it comes to your retirement, you are making one of the biggest mistakes of your life. Your health should be more important (Learn more!)
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Are you Afraid to Retire? Conquer Peer Pressure!
Are you afraid to retire because of peer pressure? Unless you’ve learned to successfully conquer peer pressure, you are still conforming to its negative ideology, including behaving in ways that your peer group thinks you should about your retirement. Before the peer group, your life (Learn more!)
Are Reading Glasses From the Dollar Store Any Good?
Are Dollar Store reading glasses bad for your eyes? Perhaps you’ve been wondering that. I certainly have for years! Let me explain. Dollar Store reading glasses have been on my desk ever since a local anchorwoman for WWL-TV in New Orleans mentioned on air that she (Learn more!)
How to Solve the Poverty Consciousness Trap in Retirement
Poverty consciousness, also known as scarcity mindset, is the belief that you’ll never have enough money, or that the flow of money is limited. It’s the subtle conditioning about money that you may not know you have. Suppose I asked you if you have a (Learn more!)
Ashwagandha – Best Natural Remedy for Menopause Relief
Navigating the rough seas of menopause can be quite a challenge. But, there’s a silver lining in the form of a potent, natural remedy – Ashwagandha. In my personal journey, I have found it to be the best natural remedy for menopause relief. Let me (Learn more!)
I’m a Homemaker – Can I Collect Social Security Benefits if I’ve Never Worked?
You are most likely wrong if you think you don’t meet the qualifications to collect Social Security benefits. Whether you call yourself a homemaker, a housewife, or a stay-at-home mom, you are entitled to collect Social Security spousal benefits – even if you’ve never worked (Learn more!)
What is a Self-Reliant Retiree?
One of the biggest mistakes couples make when they are considering retirement is that they do what’s popular instead of being self-reliant. They conform to what financial planners, friends, in-laws, and even Millennial bloggers say they should do. Most of what these know-it-all-do-gooders say is (Learn more!)
Is My Pension Safe? [Or, What Could Possibly go Wrong in the Next Twenty Years?]
Is your pension safe? Sure, until it’s not! Do you know who manages your pension and who they work for? Most likely, the answer to both questions is “I don’t know”. I may not know who manages your account, but I’m pretty darn sure that, (Learn more!)
15 Free Online Sites for Retirees to Learn at Home
Are you a retiree ready to learn at home for free? Excellent! Learning at home is a great way to educate yourself at your own pace. Plus, it’s budget-friendly for retirees. Not to mention the fact that learning keeps our brains sharp as we age! (Learn more!)
Gift Ideas for Boomers: 51 Exciting Gifts They’ll Love
Searching for exciting gift ideas for boomers and retirees? Feeling overwhelmed and having a hard time finding a special gift for the boomer in your life? Your search ends here! We’re boomers and retirees. We understand exactly what boomers want. We’re here to help. We’ve (Learn more!)
Can I Still Retire if the Stock Market Crashes?
Can I Still Retire if the Stock Market Crashes? Many wonder if a downturn in the stock market will delay or ruin their retirement plan. It’s safe to assume that anyone depending on growth in an overvalued market is either stupid or desperate. When a (Learn more!)
6 Benefits of Vegetable Gardening in Retirement
Do you want to add value to your retirement budget? And stay mentally and physically active in retirement? Then, vegetable gardening is your answer! Simply sow the seeds, then reap the powerful benefits of vegetable gardening. Let’s take a look at how you can do (Learn more!)
Alarming Statistics: Baby Boomers Overuse Prescription Drugs
Long gone are the 1960s days of flower power and counterculture hippies. However, it seems that my generation still has a penchant for drugs, although the types of drugs have evolved. Prescription drugs like Adderall, Prozac, and Vicodin have replaced the recreational drugs of the (Learn more!)
Retire Tipsy (How to Keep Your Vices and Still Retire)
Have your cake and eat (or drink) it too. After planning to downsize and simplify, your financial planner informs you that your portfolio is still 100K short to retire. Like a parent explaining economics to a college kid, he explains how your fifteen dollar per (Learn more!)
KABOOM! Will 21st Century Boomers Pop or Become Rebel Retirees?
Remember the 1960s game, KABOOM? KABOOM, the balloon-busting game of the 1960s is available in reality format for twenty-first-century boomers. Remember how scary the anticipation of the balloon popping was, not to mention losing twenty spaces when it did? Every choice you made could put (Learn more!)
Retirement Travel – Not All Those Who Wander are Lost
Experience the Journey as well as the Destination Some people travel and others do not. By travel I mean, experiencing the journey as well as the destination. What can enrich us more than seeing, touching, tasting, smelling, and hearing the experience of a journey into (Learn more!)
The Grass is Greener – Find a Retirement Haven That Suits You!
Find a retirement haven that suits you. Just because you were born somewhere, doesn’t mean that you have to die there! After leaving the rat race, you might want to settle down in paradise. Is the grass greener on the other side of the fence? (Learn more!)
Forty years a slave – Tips on Becoming a Rebel Retiree
Do you love your job and the lifestyle it provides so much that you will sacrifice all hope of freedom? I hope not! But I wouldn’t be surprised if you did. Did the twenty-year-old-you worry about insurance or having money for the next twenty years? (Learn more!)
Runaway Retiree – Don’t Move to be Cheap, Fulfill Your Lifelong Dreams!
Are you a runaway retiree moving away to be cheap? We’ve all read about the most desirable retirement locales with great hospitals and low housing costs. When I see these lists, I see people accepting defeat and leaving behind all that they cherish to be (Learn more!)
Should I Retire My Boomer? 5 Reasons Why Retiring Your Boomer is Awesome!
1. Retiring your boomer keeps them happy. Most boomers are crazy about under-employment. For boomers, there’s something about the feeling of the grass under their feet and the wind in their whiskers that is stimulating and satisfying. Boomers who spend all of their time at (Learn more!)