Archives for Retirement Lifestyle Strategies

If you want to make the most of retirement, don’t miss these blog posts. This is just a sampling of retirement lifestyle resources, checklists, and questions to make your retirement the best it can be. Act lovingly • Acts of love Discover what acts of love will speak most clearly to your spouse, a family… [Continue reading] How to make the most of retirement

You need to prepare to retire successfully. A positive retirement lifestyle doesn’t just happen because you are no longer employed or have reached a certain age. You can make choices to influence your desired result. The following blog posts are just a sampling of many that can help you prepare to retire successfully. Start by… [Continue reading] Prepare to retire successfully: a recap

What does a day in your life look like on a typical weekday? What does it look like during the holiday season? If you are retired, how does your use of time compare to your pre-retirement years? I want you to imagine a circle. And not just a plain boring circle either because, after all,… [Continue reading] A day in your life

Are you prepared to give the gift of gratitude? Years ago in the late 1980s through the mid-1990s, right after my husband and I got married, there was another downturn in the economy. Tom had a lot of commercial and vacation real estate at the time, an area especially hard hit by that economic situation.… [Continue reading] Give the gift of gratitude

It may be hard to think about gratitude in retirement when, over the last several months, there has been a dramatic downturn in the stock market. Most Americans have many of their retirement funds invested in this market with implications that are deeply disturbing. Day by day, week by week, we have all watched our… [Continue reading] What gratitude in retirement can do for you

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” Unknown I talked about the importance of getting out of your comfort zone in a previous post. Now I’d like to talk about being at the end of your comfort zone. Revitalizing Interests Years ago, when Tom and I were looking for our second home, we… [Continue reading] At the end of your comfort zone

As you near or enter retirement, you need to get out of your comfort zone. As self-development author and motivational speaker Brian Tracy said, “It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.” As a life coach and author, my job is to encourage people who are leaving… [Continue reading] Get out of your comfort zone

Do you want an edge in retirement? Be a life-long learner and nurture yourself creatively and intellectually. “Keep learning new things every day, keep growing inside every day, keep progressing each day, keep becoming a better version of yourself every second.” Unknown When September rolls around, I always get a feeling of nostalgia for the… [Continue reading] Keep your creative and intellectual edge in retirement

Retiring well is a process, a goal, and an achievable outcome. Although you could retire to a life of leisure, parked on the couch in front of a TV, I hope you will aspire to use your talents, your experience, and your passion instead of being a nuisance in your retirement. Mark Freedman, in his… [Continue reading] Retiring well without being a nuisance

In “Answers to retirement questions,” we looked at the kinds of questions you should be asking in regard to Who, What, and Where of your retirement. This post explores more answers to retirement questions and the remaining time-tested questions to apply to difficult decisions: When, How, and Why. The “When” Of Retirement When will you… [Continue reading] More answers to retirement questions