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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...
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...
Did I tell you that already?
I used to giggle when my Mother would walk in a room, stop, look around and then walk out.  One time I asked her, “What are you looking for?”  She often sighed and would replay, “I haven't the vaguest idea.”   She sometimes would start a sentence but forget where...
Let’s Play Pickleball!
One of the first things we discovered when we retired and moved to Southern Utah, is that It is almost mandatory that you learn to play pickleball. Pickleball: the fastest growing sport If you're under 50, you've probably never heard of pickleball. While the game can be played by any...
Inspirational Stories of Determination, Passion, and Vision
What traits do cultural and industry pioneers like Steve Jobs, Prince, Ellen DeGeneres, Mother Teresa, and Coco Chanel have in common?   Determination, Passion, Vision.   Did they take the proverbial “road less traveled” to achieve successful lives? Perhaps, but I think their successes have a lot to do with...
My wife and I are retired – is it OK to go on separate vacations?
Marriage and vacations, are they permanently conjoined until death do they part? Does it threaten a marriage for each person to travel alone periodically to pursue an interest?   Keeping a marriage together Rodney Dangerfield, master of the one-liner, wisecracked, “We sleep in separate bedrooms, we have dinner apart, we...