Even Pros and Science Teachers can fail the big TestJust ask former Professor Nancy Schlossberg a well-known researcher of retirement and transition issues. Professor Schlosberg first retired from a long academic career in 1998 and moved like many of her generation to sunny Florida. The transition from professor to retiree did not go as planned. Instead […]
You have watched the myriad of commercials depicting couples living happily ever after in retirement. Pictures of healthy looking retirees on a sailboat or couples holding hands while on a river cruise of the Danube River. Fun and adventure all made possible by the gentle and skillful guidance of a friendly looking financial advisor. The […]
Life can be full of regrets. When you are young you might regret not asking somebody out, or not trying out for the basketball team. In middle age, you might regret not taking that overseas assignment that was offered to you, or buying that bigger house in the suburbs that might have pressured your finances […]
Retirement can be viewed as a blessing or a curse depending on how you prepare yourself for this new phase in life. It is common for people to emphasize the financial side of retirement. They’ll focus on putting money aside in their 401(k)’s. They will start reading all the literature on creating an income in […]
Baby Boomers are retiring in droves these days. Many of them are unprepared to deal with this new phase in life. As with anything in life things don’t happen overnight. You don’t suddenly become financially literate at the age of 60 or 65. A successful retirement requires lots of preparation — financial as well as non-financial. It […]
The personal growth or self-improvement industry is primarily targeted at younger people and many Baby Boomers feel that the advice offered does not apply to them. All this talk about following your dreams, quit your job today, get your side hustle going, become a digital nomad, find your purpose and so on is often lost […]
How our brain works: We all think that we are fully rational all the time but in reality the way our brains operate that is not always the case. One of the key functions of the brain is self-defense. When the brain perceives danger it makes automatic adjustments to protect itself. When it perceives discomfort it […]
Let’s face it — transitions are hard for everybody. Retirement is no exception. For many people retirement is really stressful. Your self-identify suffers. You don’t know how to fill your day anymore, you no longer have any good excuses why you can’t go to the gym today, you just feel a sense of loss. One of the […]
Most people stumble into retirement — what they are usually faced with is a loss of identity and purpose. In a new book “Prescription for a Happy Retirement”, Dr. James Bash calls this the new PMS — Post Work Melancholy Syndrome. Whatever you call this state of mind, don’t let it happen to you. What a lot of people […]
