Are you being pulled by aspiration, pushed by desperation, or just drifting in cultural sludge in your third age? Given that 2 of 3 retirees enter retirement without a non-financial plan, drifting seems to be the default. “Hey, no problem – what’s the big deal? Retirement will take care of itself”, they say. Sorry. Guess… Continue reading Retirement: Is Yours Running to Something? Or From Something? Or Just Plain Stuck?
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Do you really care if you live to old age or not?
Please forgive me for taking a shortcut this week. We have spent an exhausting week moving to another home and I haven’t had the energy or bandwidth to push any creative content buttons. I’m reposting an article I submitted a few weeks ago to a question on Quora.com that has been garnering some… Continue reading Do you really care if you live to old age or not?
Will Your Retirement Make You a Victim of Newton’s First Law of Motion?
What are the chances that your Certified Financial Planner would have learned about Newton’s First Law of Motion in insurance sales school? You know, the Law that says ” -an object at rest remains at rest and an object in motion remains in motion with the same velocity unless acted upon by an unbalancing force.”… Continue reading Will Your Retirement Make You a Victim of Newton’s First Law of Motion?
A New Model for Aging: Subtract 20 Years From Your Chronological Age.
I pulled another book at random off my “A” shelf this week as I wait for Amazon to deliver my latest new book purchase. It turns out the book’s kind of an oldie, published in 1999. As I began my reread, I quickly realized why it was on the “A” shelf even with that publication… Continue reading A New Model for Aging: Subtract 20 Years From Your Chronological Age.
How Would You Answer the Question: “What Does It Feel Like To Get Old?”
Someone asked me online recently how I felt about getting old. While I was tempted to launch into another of my characteristic snarky-style responses, I exercised uncharacteristic self-control and provided the following: At 78, I guess I qualify for the “old” category. Occasionally, there are days when I wish it weren’t so but I… Continue reading How Would You Answer the Question: “What Does It Feel Like To Get Old?”
Sixty-years-old or about to be? Here Are Some Experience-based Suggestions for the Path Ahead.
As a 78-year-old I’ve been there and done the 60-year-old thing. The experiences and decisions of my late 50s and early 60s played a big role in developing the roadmap I’m navigating for the rest of my life. I’m dedicated to sharing this experience in hopes that what I’ve learned will help others at this… Continue reading Sixty-years-old or about to be? Here Are Some Experience-based Suggestions for the Path Ahead.
Is COVID a Cataclysm? Or a Catalyst? I’m Going With the Latter
How’s your whiplash going? Mine sucks!! I’m coming off a bad week. Actually, two weeks of funk. Last week was the first time in over two years that I missed a Monday 5 p.m. blog post. Couldn’t do it. The draft that I ran by my first-level “copyeditor” (my roommate of 49 1/2… Continue reading Is COVID a Cataclysm? Or a Catalyst? I’m Going With the Latter
Your Bucket List Just Got Blown Up – Now What?
2020 COVID-19 bucket-list revision: Daughter’s country club wedding Backyard, limit to 20 guests, buy masks, cancel caterer, saved $45K. Bahama/Mediterranean cruise Vision of floating petri-dish won’t go away – cancel, try to recover deposit. Early retirement Hmmm – maybe these non- or semi-retirement heretics are on to something. Buy some books. Find therapist to… Continue reading Your Bucket List Just Got Blown Up – Now What?
The Only Sensible COVID-19 Solution – We Gotta Get Sick!!
Aren’t we all wishing for a clear, sane voice in this COVID-19 wilderness? I hope you’ve given up on trying to find it on either Fox News or MSNBC or CNN (or the Comedy Channel which I consider an upgrade from the aforementioned). I’m thinking answers are somewhere other than Trump news conferences and the… Continue reading The Only Sensible COVID-19 Solution – We Gotta Get Sick!!
Enough of this “Life Purpose” thing! Can’t We Get Over It?
Do me a favor. Google “life purpose.” Go ahead – I’ll wait. Did you come up with the same number I did: 5,680,000. Is it really THAT important? Some would say it’s in the “woo-woo”, “touchy-feely” category crafted to sell books, workshops, and coaching services. Others would say it’s essential to a life well-lived. I’ll… Continue reading Enough of this “Life Purpose” thing! Can’t We Get Over It?