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Giving Back To Your Community
Live Well By Doing Good Retirement doesn’t mean your contributions to society stop. It can simply mean you change roles, and it could be your most fulfilling position yet! Throughout your life, your community has given back to you–from the soccer league as a kid to the summer concerts in...
HomeSafe Tools Create Personalized Retirement Financing Plans
Everyone has different goals and financial situations when they reach retirement. You may have been waiting your whole career to travel, you may want to start a small business, or renovate to make your house perfect for your golden years. Whatever your retirement goals entail, you need a solid financial...
Volunteering can add richness to the next chapter in your life, but choose carefully
Volunteering is something a lot of retirees participate in all over the country. Food banks, companionship, mentoring youth, sports coaching, delivery of meals, the list is extensive. Many retirees go into volunteering with little or no real assessment as to what they’re really best suited for, or how their work...
Arguing over treasures and remembering what’s important
Sorting through a loved one’s belonging and making decisions with family members can cause tension in the most cohesive of families. This was certainly the case with my family, but we in the end we all remembered what was truly important, each other.   Five years after Dad passed, Mother...
Reduce your tax bill in retirement
One thing is certain in life – taxes. Even in retirement, taxes will be a factor in your income planning.   If you haven’t retired yet, then this may be a surprise to you. The funds you take out of your 401(k) and IRA will be taxed along with any...
Family time is grand and exhausting
So you retired. Now you have lots of time to relax and take naps.  But, according to your kids, you have nothing to do. Ha, we are busier now than we've ever been.   Our decision to move closer to our son, grandkids and their families in Utah has kept...