Awaiting a possible return to full time work (see previous post), I’m squeezing in some previously planned trips, although I still find it a challenge to spend the money. With Social Security now turned on, we’re back to a positive monthly cash flow. That solves a couple of psychological issues. Now if we could only Continue reading
Retirement
#71 – A New Job – Update 1
I wanted to put this out last week to make a short interval between posts, but when you’re dealing with the US Government (USG) in anything related to hiring, even indirectly, just sit back and be patient. So, for now, this is an interim post to be updated soon…hopefully. Almost four weeks ago I received Continue reading
#70 – Update on Our Retired Living
Three weeks since the last post, my apologies! It’s been a while since I took a look back at the specifics of what retired life has been like for us, so here goes from the past couple of months:
#69 – Expanding on the Happiness Post
One of my brothers forwarded a March 2023 CNBC article highlighting a “Harvard Study on Adult Development” originated in 1938, and still going strong, to determine what makes people healthy and happy. It made me think back to this forum’s Post #51 from August 2022 titled “Happiness”. Background. The sources for Post #51 were Morgan Continue reading
#67 – More on Medicare
(This is an update to post #22 published back in September 2021, adding significantly to the original content.) One of the certain signs you’re approaching 65 years old- if you’re an American citizen- is the volume of unsolicited Medicare-related mail coming in either via snail mail or email. As my wife approaches the one-year-prior mark, Continue reading
#66 – Investing Conventional Wisdom
If you’ve been investing for a long time you will hopefully have made several good investment decisions, but you most certainly have made some decisions with poor results (even if they were based on sound, positive information). And then there are just plain, bad decisions, for which I’ve made my share. During that same timeline, Continue reading
#65 – Updates on Retirement-Related Rules
Snow flurries here in Tennessee off/on all day long. So far a whole lot less snow this winter compared to last. Next week it’s supposed to hit 70, but I think we have another snow in our near future. I’m not trying to be your first source for retirement news, but this is worth highlighting Continue reading
#64 – Medical Breakthroughs and Aging
Let me start with a bit of context, or perhaps better described as managing expectations. When the personal computer, and the internet, first became affordable/accessible, there was major hype about how this was going to 1.) make life much better, 2.) make life much easier, 3.) solve so many of life’s problems, 4.) eliminate the Continue reading
#63 – Leaving a Legacy
How could I not have touched on this retirement subject earlier? Start with a general definition of a legacy. To me, a legacy is how (or what) you want you, or your family, to be remembered. Doesn’t have to be financially or materially related. One can leave a documented family history, or a video interview Continue reading
#62 – Changes Coming in 2023
A carryover from this past Christmas season was a gift for the entire family that’s brought considerable joy- an online education subscription platform called MasterClass where viewers can access tutorials and lectures pre-recorded by celebrity experts in various fields. Started in 2014, almost 200 celebrity video podcasts (60-120 minutes of educational content broken into several Continue reading