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Boomers Reinventing Retirement and Following Their Passion
The first wave of Baby Boomers is turning 75 this year. This includes such icons as Dolly Parton, Tom Selleck, Goldie Hawn, and Eric Clapton. Another 14 million first-Boomers were born between 1946 and the end of 1949. These are the true pioneers of the “new retirement.” They are visionary boomers reinventing retirement. And we younger boomers are watching with…
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Time to Save Our Small Businesses and Our Communities
Make a Difference on Small Business Saturday, November 28th We don’t think much about running into our towns. It might be to pick up a gift or drop off our grandkids at music, karate, or art class. Or, to meet…
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8 Insights into Retirement: A Silver Lining to 8 Months of COVID
I hit on an idea I wanted to explore for a recent article I wrote for Retirement Daily at The Street. It’s been a long 8 months of COVID. So much changed so abruptly, and every person has been affected…
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Boomers Are Making a Plan to Vote…
…and So Much More This Election Season However you do it, whenever you do, do it! Vote! Never in our collective recent history has it been more important to vote. Long gone is the casual walk into your polling place…
Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote
This August we celebrated 100 years of women’s right to vote. On August 18, 1920, after 72 years of a sustained, strategic, and sometimes shocking battle, women’s suffrage was won. You know some of their names: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth…
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Social Security Turns 85: A Key Milestone in Women’s Financial Freedom
It’s hard to imagine a more important financial law than the Social Security Act of 1935. For most of us, Social Security will be the foundation of our retirement income. And, for the vast majority of retirees, it is the…
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Do we need a million dollars to retire? Holy Guacamole! I hope not!
Every July 4th weekend Dan and I spend at least one full day going through our family finances and our plans for retirement. We push everything else aside—laundry, cleaning, cooking, children—and dive in to money topics. We get out snacks:…
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Talking with Jean Chatzky: What Women Need to Know about Social Security
This year was starting out with a bang. It was filled with travel and trips, presentations and podcasts. By early February, my calendar was booked through December with conferences and events. It was particularly exciting that Jean Chatzky invited me…
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