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Category: Retirement Living
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Senior proofing your house is a good idea. No argument there, but why does everyone suggest that there is more to do. Have you considered remodeling yourself? What does that mean? You are doing fine. Why does everyone think that you need to change? Why won’t people leave you alone? Duh! This is one…
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Seniors are not lazy. They don’t dream about just sitting back to reap the benefits from their Social Security and Medicare accounts. Retirement euphoria doesn’t last long, and it is often followed by boredom or worse yet, inertia. If inertia isn’t your style, it is time to change things up a bit. You are…
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Redefining yourself after retirement is a popular topic. Having to or needing to redefine yourself can happen in the blink of an eye, or so it seems. It isn’t always about age. Consider the stay-at-home father, the young person in a career changing moment, the baby boomer forced into early retirement, the empty nester, the…
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What’s on your bucket list? You’ve seen the movies. Perhaps you would like to travel, skydive, or do something else equally outrageous. Fetes that will make you feel that you are alive. There will always be something that you wish you could do, whether for the first time or to give it a redo. Personally,…
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Our neighborhood, while not exclusively a retirement community, is home to a great many senior citizens. The community is growing, and the neighborhood is changing, but age seems to be a constant. The only difference is that new residents are building larger houses. It is mystifying that old people, like us, are building what I…
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Not everyone looks forward to retirement. Leaving everything that is familiar behind is scary. There are so many decisions to be made, decisions that go above and beyond how much money you may, or may not, have amassed. Rich or poor, retirement is difficult in so many ways. People in their 70’s and 80’s have…
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The Second Time Around Retirement and travel go together. You finally have time to visit, or revisit, places that you have been dreaming about for years. It is great fun at first, but often too exhausting to be fully appreciated. After a few trips you may be rethinking the whole idea; simple activities like carrying…
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Exercising can be difficult, if not impossible, for seniors with health problems. Popular aerobics classes, line dancing, zumba, and even Yoga can be daunting for those suffering with sore muscles and stiff joints. Would you reconsider if you knew that there was a place where you could move around freely and exercise without pain? Exercising…
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The words identity and crisis are often associated with privacy invasion and financial ruin, but there is another form of identity crisis that older people face when too many changes occur at the same time. An identity crisis of this magnitude is as terrifying as anything the outside world can throw at you. Your identity…
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Do you know how to live alone? People are living longer today, which makes deciding where they will want to live a relevant issue. Living with others versus living alone often comes down to personal preference. Some people are more “people oriented” than others. Young people of our generation were eager to strike out…