Archives for Retirement Lifestyle Strategies

Do you need to make accommodations for living longer while keeping a quality lifestyle? This may be for a parent, a spouse/partner, or even yourself. Here are some options to consider if you have the luxury of planning ahead in this situation: 1. First and foremost, make sure you communicate with each person involved about… [Continue reading] Accommodations for living longer while keeping a quality lifestyle

Have you thought about how you take charge of time? After I read Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern, I had some revelations about several aspects of my relationship with time that I had not been fully aware of, things that are now clearer to me. • I had to learn some… [Continue reading] Take charge of time with these tips and tools

If you are like most people, the reality of time is that you have too many things to do and not enough time to do them. As they say, “join the club.” Years ago, I committed to looking more carefully at how I spend my time. As a result, I read Julie Morgenstern’s book Time… [Continue reading] The reality of time now and in retirement

I have been redefining retirement for myself and urging my coaching clients to do the same. How do you actually want to spend the 25 to 30 bonus years you will probably have in retirement? Because of the advancements in medicine and healthier lifestyles, we have the gift of longevity. Never before have so many… [Continue reading] Redefining retirement in your bonus years

One retirement statistic still astonishes me. Starting on January 1, 2011 and ending on December 31, 2029, almost 12,000 people on average in the United States will turn 65 years old each and every day for those 19 years. The first time I heard this retirement statistic, I was sure someone had misplaced a zero… [Continue reading] Are you a retirement statistic? Do you want to be?

Embrace life’s transitions instead of imagining you will never experience a particular transition. I point out to prospective clients that retirement is just another one of life’s many transitions. Most of my clients and contemporaries have progressed somewhat effortlessly through life’s earlier transitions. They left home at 18 years old, went to college, and graduated.… [Continue reading] Embrace life’s transitions: ask these questions

When it comes to feeling fulfilled in retirement, you need to first look at the power of meaningful work in retirement. Next, you need to take the Alarm Clock Test. Do you greet each day with a sense of excitement and purpose? Are you so eager to embrace your planned activities that you can forgo… [Continue reading] Feeling fulfilled in retirement

Do you know the conditions for a successful retirement? You can get them right more easily than you might think. First, do not follow the crowd. I know this seems counterintuitive. Explore what you need for your ideal retirement instead of defaulting to someone else’s plan. There are so many different interests, needs, activity levels,… [Continue reading] Conditions for a successful retirement

Everyone wants a failsafe retirement but in retirement, there is no “One Size Fits All.” What many of us want and ultimately choose is very personal, even within a marriage. One spouse may have some expectations that are different from the other spouse. Regardless of the variations in lifestyles, it is how we navigate these… [Continue reading] Your failsafe retirement

Few people say “That’s unimportant to me.” Instead, they offer excuses like “I’m too busy” or “maybe next time” as a way to wiggle out of an uncomfortable situation looking good. Some people haven’t seriously thought about what is important or what is unimportant to them in a very long time. As you prepare for… [Continue reading] Be honest and say it is unimportant to you