This has nothing to do with retirement, but everything to do with growing older. And it may only appeal to my USNA compatriots. Two weeks ago I went to visit my cousin’s oldest grandson- Collin- at Annapolis, who just finished his Youngster (sophomore) year. This was the Saturday before graduation, and as it turned out, Continue reading
Retirement
#17 – Part Time Work…and an Update
Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend. I played a short round of golf here in the DC area in 45 degree temperatures and rain Saturday (45 degrees at the end of May? Really?). One of the things about retirement that I look forward to the most is not having that Sunday/Monday evening feeling Continue reading
#16 – Volunteering
Unfortunately I let two weeks slip by without adding a new post- again. The good news is that I’m two weeks closer to retiring than I was before, when I can spend more time posting, but I’m trying to get smart BEFORE retiring, not during. A little more on that later. This is a short Continue reading
#15 – Pulling the Trigger on Social Security (SS)
It’s been about six weeks now since the last comment on my blog. Maybe I need to pay somebody to post something. Part of my slow learning process. My web host notices the metrics and keeps offering to enhance my marketing, and I will eventually take advantage of that offer. In the meantime, good thing Continue reading
#14 – Diet and Health
This may not be the most exciting subject on the blog, but could have the greatest impact on the rest of your life. And if it sounds like I’m lecturing, let me know, because that’s not my intent. Almost 10 years ago Beth and I watched a 90 minute documentary entitled “Forks Over Knives”. It’s Continue reading
#12 – Trusts?
Regrettably I skipped a weekend and didn’t post anything new. Last weekend I was planning to be in south Florida for three days to watch some MLB Spring Training. The good news is I got to watch a game with one of my brothers. The bad news is we couldn’t find a single hotel room Continue reading
#11 – An Article Worth the Read
I’m taking the easy way out and just posting a link to an article well worth the read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/help-for-aging-brains/2021/03/05/717ab738-79d6-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html This came from my good friend Brian who is too modest to post any of the considerable wisdom he has on retirement and life in general. His wife has the same level of wisdom, just a Continue reading
#10 – Travel
OK, need to move away from financial subjects briefly and onto travel during retirement. Clearly one of my priorities throughout life, and I’m hoping to make it a higher priority upon retirement. It holds a prominent position in the retirement budget. At the same time, I’m keeping in mind that I only have XX years Continue reading
#9 – For Those Who Have Retired…
I have a number of friends already retired and am trying to talk them into visiting this blog- could certainly learn from them. For starters: Did you lay out a post-retirement budget ahead of time? How’s it holding up? I’m thinking that any budgeting exercise was accompanied by a look at cash flow options to Continue reading
#8 – My First Endorsement
I’m going to revisit a family theme while hopefully not leading you to the conclusion that this blog is going to be mostly about my family. It’s not. But for the second time in three weeks I visited my parents today- yes, one of those couples who’s average age is 90, and who are coming Continue reading