Today’s post was originally titled “Our 2022 RV Adventure” and outlined the plans for our annual RV “Reverse Snowbird” trip North. I finalized the post a week ago and planned […]
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Tag: contentment
He Sang In The Vatican! (A True Reader Story)
I love hearing from readers who are living retirement to the fullest. If you enjoy stories of retirees who are “doing it right,” you’re going to love today’s post. I […]
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The Four Paths of Retirement
What is your retirement going to be like? If yours is like the experience of others, it will likely follow one of four paths of retirement. Which one of the […]
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4 Lessons From 4 Years of Retirement
Many folks wonder what retirement is “really” like. In my final years of work, I wondered about it a lot. On June 8, 2018, I stopped wondering. On that date, […]
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And Then, She Started To Cry
I never saw it happen in 33 years of working for Corporate America. In 4 years of retirement, it’s happened more times than I have fingers to count. It’s one […]
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The Pebble And The Pond
On April 12, 2015, a man threw a pebble into a pond. The ripples were small, and almost no one noticed. He threw a second pebble, with essentially the same […]
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Getting The Courage To Jump
When I was in college, I jumped out of an airplane. It wasn’t my idea. A friend talked me into it. He gave me the courage to jump, and I’ve […]
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The Value of A Crisis
I woke up at 3:30 am this morning. It happens sometimes, and I’ve learned to roll with it. Ah…the joy of retirement. After laying in bed in a futile quest […]
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Retirement Is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
Retirement is nothing like I thought it would be. That’s a true statement in my fourth year of retirement, as is the following: Retirement is exactly as I thought it […]
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Introducing The 90/10 Rule of Retirement
I never thought it would happen to me. Sure, I’d heard about the phenomenon from folks who had retired before me, but it didn’t seem possible. Not in my case. […]
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