I'll be the first to admit I'm not a numbers guy. Throughout my years as a student, I barely survived any subjects involving numbers! Yet there's something about turning 55 years old this week that's got me pretty excited! Let me see if by the end of this post I'll have figured out why. Birthdays? … Continue reading Living in my 50s #5 – Reflections On Turning 55
Whatever Will He Do Now? Who knew it would be so challengingTo retire in this life?Shouldn't it get easier with age?Yet he still feels a deep sense of strife Work took so much out of himIt demanded he capitulateYet he held on so tight to what it offeredForgetting what it can obfuscate Work isn't your … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #185
Here’s the last of my four posts on how to retire well -- nearly three years after I wrote the first three! (Click here for posts 1 , 2 and 3) Hey! Better late than never right? But what triggered this late entry you ask? Good question! On Thursday, our national daily printed a forum letter I sent them. It … Continue reading How to retire well #4 of 4: Why retiring must start before retirement
So last week I started this mini-series to talk about how to retire well. You do that you know, when you're like me; a man past 50, increasingly living on borrowed time! In that post, I talked about the first of three important truths I've come to embrace: If we don't want to suffer retirement … Continue reading How to retire well #2 of 4: Know who you are and what you love
Two days from now is the annual UN International Day of Older Persons and one thing remains unchanged. Despite the inevitability of it, few of us bother to plan for the day we retire. Until recently, I would include myself in that unfortunate lot. Why unfortunate? Studies show many of us who fail to plan … Continue reading How to retire well #1 of 4: Have a plan “with legs”
