Reading Time: < 1 minute I was honored to appear as a guest on the Focused Podcast this past week. We discussed how to determine our purpose in life, the four phases of retirement, and how to live a purposeful retired life. https://www.relay.fm/focused/199
Reading Time: 5 minutes Our culture has an unwritten expectation that a retired person will be unproductive. The very words “retire” or “retirement” perpetuate the myth that old age is an unproductive time in life and imprints the belief that people in their later years should simply sit back or indulge in a recreational activity like golf. The Seven …
Reading Time: 4 minutes I live in a 55+ community in the Phoenix Arizona area. Almost all of our 26,000 residents are retired. The prevailing attitude is “I’m retired, and my reward for working is to not do anything but play.” This is reflected by declining participation in the service organizations in our community. Most of the people I know …
Reading Time: 4 minutes I stumbled across a YouTube video this morning that I wish I’d seen before I retired. When I retired, I had a vague idea of how life might change, and I tried to do some planning, but I was really totally unprepared for the reality. When I watched this video, I immediately identified with it. …