What Type of Retiree Are You – or Do You Want to Be?

  A few months ago, as a favor for a friend, I did a webinar entitled “What’s Next? Redefining Retirement and Creating Power and Purpose in Your Post-career Life” for one of the local Christian Living Communities’ senior-living facilities. Not exactly my “target market” since my focus is more on folks who are approaching, or […]

Over 60 and “Acting Your Age?” STOP IT!!

“Too many people believe that at age 64 you are a productive, contributing member of society. And then, at 65, you’re supposed to retire, go on Social Security and Medicare, and overnight you become irrelevant and become dependent. What we really need to say is that at 65 keep it moving. I like to say […]

I’m Starting a “50 to 100” Club – Wanna Join?

  Ten or so years ago when I started publicly declaring that I intended to live to 100, invitations to dinner parties – or any social event, for that matter – experienced a noticeable drop. That’s not really painful for me because, as an introvert, I’m not empowered by large gatherings and am a boor […]

Should Your Retirement Include Continuing to Work? Only If Health and Longevity Are Important.

Working during retirement. Hmm. Isn’t that an anachronism? Retire, by definition, means to  “retreat” or “seek a place of security and seclusion” or, as my Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it, “withdraw from use or service.” Who wants to be useless? Fewer and fewer are buying it. It turns out working during retirement has been trending up […]

Five Critical Steps to Thriving Within Your Longevity Bonus

You’ve heard it a thousand times. We’re living longer. Yay! We extended our average lifespan more in 110 years than we did in the previous 100,000 years. That’s quite a hockey-stick performance. Makes you wonder why we waited so long. What was so magic about the 20th century? I guess you could say that a […]

You’re Over 50 and On The Back-Nine. How Are You Going to Play It?

For the last few summers, I’ve been playing golf in a senior men’s league at a local muni. It’s a mid-week event, so this group is mostly retirees mixed with a few business owners who can step away from their businesses for a day. This is truly a geriatric bunch – the average age is […]