Boomer Retirement Briefs™

How Boomers Are Reshaping and Redefining "Retirement"

Retirement Resources

Many of the Boomers I talk to are having a challenging time getting started with their retirement planning. They are concerned about the financial side of not having a paycheck. But, to really get into the swing of planning for retirement, start with the fun! Think about how you want to spend your days and what you might do when you own all your time. Then, tackle the financial realities. But first things first!

This section will include resources that other Boomers have shared with me. They were helpful in getting them to think productively about what retirement will mean.

Check back soon for a list, then let me know other ideas that helped you get started on your path to retirement.

Retirement Dreams Can Come True and So Much More

From the time she was a little girl growing up in Virginia, Veronica McCain always wanted to live at the ocean shore. She dreamed as a young girl how wonderful it would be to live at the beach. Her family took vacations along the Virginia  [Read more...]

Finding Resources for Seniors: Not So Easy Until Now

Fabulous illustration of an older women with gray hair and big glasses looking in a mirror. Her reflection is of her as a caped super hero

Everything from Alzheimer’s Guides to Lists of Best Bill Pay Services in One Well-Organized Site Do you find it interesting that the most complex parts of American living come as we get older? Seems like we need to become superheroes in capes. Dan’s dad reminds  [Read more...]

Keeping up a strong credit score is critical in retirement

illustration of a credit score

Retirement means freedom from a lot of the hustle and bustle of decades of a fast-paced life.  It’s time to take the exit ramp from that overheated, super-highway of life.  These are the best years of our lives.  And, we’ve earned the time to take  [Read more...]

Where is your hospital grab & go kit? In a baggie, perhaps?

reusable clear baggie illustration for your hospital grab & go kit

There’s a great scene from the 1996 movie, Jerry McGuire.  The Tom Cruise “Jerry” character and his football client played by Cuba Gooding, Jr. are in the locker room.  Jerry is pleading with Rodney Tidwell. “H e l p   m e.  H e l p  [Read more...]

Why is it so hard to embrace diversity?

infographic of Embracing Diversity - understanding differences in population by generation

In this day and age, I can't help but wonder why so many people struggle with those who are different. How can we not be a more accepting people? Why don't more of us embrace diversity? February is National Black History Month and the Chinese  [Read more...]