“Blue Zones” are specific geographic locations where the human population has a significantly longer life expectancy than the global average. It’s a non-scientific term which is steadily gaining attention since the early 2000s. A 2004 Science Direct report on age research highlighted results indicating a specific area on the Italian island of Sardinia that had Continue reading
Retirement
#85 – Happiness According to ChatGPT
OK, here’s an experiment. The below was not written by me, but rather by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform known as ChatGPT. The sole purpose of this post is to introduce you to one minor experiment about what this platform can do. I asked it to draft me a 300-400 word paper on Happiness- it Continue reading
#84 – Mr. Holland’s Opus
Following a ten day trip and a couple of weeks’ writing non-stop on a work project, I find myself at the end of January without a post since New Year’s Day. Better take a long look at my priorities…. This week we discovered that we had access to Disney+ streaming services as part of our Continue reading
#82 – From Saving to Spending (Part 2)
My intent with this “Part 2” post was to delve deeper into the psychological influences on the transition from saving during our work force years to spending in our retirement years. The more I researched, the more it became clear that I was getting into areas over my head- plus it would probably make for Continue reading
#81 – A Great Fall Trip
A couple of weeks ago Beth and I headed up north on a 10 day trip up to the DC area which we knew would be enjoyable, but ended up being a whole lot better than expected. I’d like to say this is one of those typical retirement life trips, but it included a full Continue reading
#80 – From Saving to Spending
(I’ve edited this post which originally included a brief summary of a trip up to DC. This retirement subject, however, needs more room for content, so we’ll commit a separate post to the trip and add to this deserving subject) This retirement subject came up in a couple other posts, and if you spend time Continue reading
#78 – Major(ish) Monetary Miscue
OK, we learn from our mistakes. Hopefully as we get older the frequency of mistakes significantly decreases while our wisdom from positive experiences increases. Generally, most of us incorporate some degree of comparison shopping when buying things. If it’s a big ticket item, we’re likely to do a more thorough cost comparison. We want to Continue reading
#76 – Visitors and Travel
Later today we’ll be headed for the Nashville Airport to pick up our daughter and granddaughter for the weekend- their first visit to our TN home. The excitement level around here’s pretty high right now. Then Monday evening brother Doug shows up for a day with his new golf clubs to test out our mountain Continue reading
#74 – Living With Purpose, Part Two
Post #73 focused more on some basic mechanics of estate planning, while this post adds content on living with purpose to estate planning efforts. At least a couple of you will suggest that the “finding purpose” step should come first, and you would be right. I suspect many of you already have a good idea Continue reading
#73 – Living With Purpose- Revisiting Legacies and Estate Planning
It’s been three plus weeks since the last post. Two trips kept me away from the blog, but also gave me plenty to write about later. The travel log can wait another week…actually a couple weeks as it’s dawned on me that this post will likely be multiple parts. I’m combining content from previous posts Continue reading