Each morning I rise from bed, slowly, as is my habit, and sit quietly on the bed contemplating the day that looms before me. It is summer, and each day a pencil of morning sunlight shines its way across the room, illuminating a different spot on the west wall until one day it is gone …more
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Have you been thinking about and even worrying about the upcoming years—and your spouse wants nothing to do with it and thinks you’re “crazy” to be thinking about something in the future? Or, perhaps your spouse is pushing for the discussion and you don’t even want him or her to consider retiring since it will …more
Cycling from Yorktown, VA to Washington State began as a fund-raiser for my non-profit organization, the Senior Retirement Project which provides in-home mental health counseling to seniors and their adult care givers. Emotional issues such as depression, anxiety, or feelings of being overwhelmed are not related to aging itself, rather, as one age’s challenging life …more
Retirement! Retirement? Retirement brings up a lot of emotions and reactions. For some it’s the looking forward to leaving the daily grind of work and can’t wait to retire. For some it’s a loss as they hit that age of required retirement. For others it can be scary and what the hell am I going …more
I am not technologically au fait, as some of my friends and acquaintances seem to think I am. Far from it. Just because I launched a website from scratch doesn’t mean that I am up-to-date with all the latest technological developments. I am acquainted with Windows and Word and the internet, and a year or …more
Last year over 75 billion dollars were lost to the scamming of Americans of all ages. Many of them are too embarrassed to report the scamming, thinking it is their fault. It is not. We all are fairly easy targets. The key is to be alert to the techniques of the scammers and prevent becoming …more
My wife and I are planning to downsize and retire in the next few years. I decided to do some research on some cheaper options for retirement locations. Almost any place is cheaper than where we currently live. New York City. The first thing I did was to find which are the most tax friendly …more
The World recession has changed attitudes to many issues. For expats intending to start a new life in Spain, the option of buying a home before the recession, possibly with a cheap Spanish mortgage was always a tempting one. Good value properties were readily and cheaply available, and mortgages were never too much of a …more
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