Showing posts with label Boomers and retirement planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boomers and retirement planning. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Best Time to Start Saving Is Now, No Matter Your Age

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Most people don’t talk openly about retirement until they’re already well into their 50s or 60s. For a long time, I was one of them. Like ma...
Friday, January 10, 2025

Boomers and Gen Xers, Welcome to the Next Big Adventure: Retirement!

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In 2025, the last of the Boomers turn 60, and some Gen Xers are hitting the big 5-0. Whether you're considering retirement or already ma...
Thursday, November 7, 2024

Warning sign 4 you are not ready for retirement part 2

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More thoughts on how to avoid social isolation when you retire. Retirement gives you the time and flexibility to be more present in your chi...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Pearls of Wisdom

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A while back, I read the blog "Pearls of Wisdom" by Caree Recover, where she talks about being retired for 10 years. I have a cloc...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Ageing in place

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 Are you among the many Canadian seniors who cherish the idea of staying in your own home for as long as possible? It's a sentiment shar...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Retirees may stuggle with

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Yesterday I posted some struggles that we may have when we retire, they were meant to be humourous. Today I want to look at some serious ret...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Want to live longer embrace the Blue Zone ideas?

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I was reading abut two studies that will help seniors live longer. Here is a quick summary of them and my ideas as to whether they would be ...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Opportunities vs Challenges in retirement 4

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After retiring, the daily grind of commuting, meeting deadlines, working for a demanding boss, and adhering to a strict nine-to-five schedul...
Monday, June 26, 2023

Retired, consider working for fun?

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The idea of “Working for FUN” as a retirement theme is fascinating. Retirement often comes with slowing down, relaxing, and not having to wo...
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Are you an active senior?

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 Musings on a Sunday  There are a lot of active seniors. Retirement has been the next best thing for them. And, what they like about retirem...
Saturday, June 24, 2023

Women and planning for retirement

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First up, it’s important to note that women live around 4.7 years longer than men. This means that women need to plan for a longer retiremen...
Monday, May 22, 2023

Engaging employees with pension planning

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Getting employees engaged with their pension investments can have several benefits for both employees and employers. When employees unders...
Friday, April 28, 2023

How long will you live, most people don't know

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 Most people don’t know how long the average 60-year-old will live in America. When given four responses, only 37% correctly identified the ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Do you have a big ego, if so lose it

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 We have survived through our teenage years, and our working years, and have successfully moved into, or are moving into, retirement. Our eg...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

Inflation is eating away at people's pension funds

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Inflation is the general rise in prices of goods and services in an economy over time. When the rate of inflation is high, it can erode the ...
Friday, February 17, 2023

Keeping track of time when retired

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Retirement can be a great time to relax and enjoy all the things that you may not have had time for while you were working. It’s important t...
Sunday, February 5, 2023

Pensioners are worried about the economy

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It’s hard to imagine what retirement will be like even now, but it is getting tougher by the day. Senior anxiety over the state of the natio...
Friday, September 16, 2022

Four big retirement risks

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My brother did not have a pension plan when he was working. He was self-employed so he created his own plan. When he was developing his plan...
Friday, August 5, 2022

Retirement and identiy issues

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 We do not shed our personalities, our life views, or our habits when we retire. These become the basis of building our new understanding of...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Attitude toward retirement

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When you retire your attitude toward your future is important. You can believe that retirement is about, creating a new self-awareness and s...