Retirement Blog
New retirement articles will be posted here as I add them to the website! I hope you enjoy them and learn something to help you through your retirement years. Questions? Drop me a line anytime using the contact page to the left... I'd love to help you through the retirement maze. Happy Retirement! Wendy Retiree BlogsRetiree Blogs.. check out the two cents of other retirees! Permalink -- click for full blog post "Retiree Blogs" Senior Volunteers at Homeless ShelterMy life has been full, and filled with joys. So, when I retired, at first I just relaxed and soaked up the leisure and recreation that an empty schedule Permalink -- click for full blog post "Senior Volunteers at Homeless Shelter" TOP TEN REASONS TO RETIRE1. NO COMMUTING 2. NO DEALING WITH STUPID CUSTOMERS 3. HAVE MORE TIME TO TRAVEL 4. HAVE MORE TIME TO MANAGE INVESTMENTS 5. TAKE LEISURELY WALKS OR EXERCISE Permalink -- click for full blog post "TOP TEN REASONS TO RETIRE" Collecting from deceased spouse's social security?I am 65 and still working. Can I collect social security from my deceased husband now and then collect from my own social security when i stop working Permalink -- click for full blog post "Collecting from deceased spouse's social security?" Sense of Calmness in RetiringI decided to retire because I had enough credits and wanted to try some other things. It was voluntary and I thought the retirement benefit would Permalink -- click for full blog post "Sense of Calmness in Retiring" Volunteers and Reads the News for Radio, In His Retirement.Here in my hometown, we have a radio station for the blind and print-handicapped. Volunteers read the local newspaper every morning of the week and taped Permalink -- click for full blog post "Volunteers and Reads the News for Radio, In His Retirement." Retired and Volunteers at the LibraryI volunteer once a week at the Donation Center of the San Francisco Public Library. This started two weeks after I retired. The location is a 2 story Permalink -- click for full blog post "Retired and Volunteers at the Library" SMIILE for a Happy RetirementFirst of all, start your day off on the right foot.. literally. When you get wake up, look around, say yep, I'm still alive AND I don't have to go Permalink -- click for full blog post "SMIILE for a Happy Retirement" Baby Boomers and Retirement: We need to consider all options...What will baby boomers do when they face retirement? I Do Cake ToppersHello, I make custom sculptures for Retirement Parties, Birthdays and various Golden Anniversaries. Here are some examples of what I can create. Please Permalink -- click for full blog post "I Do Cake Toppers" Retirement Hobby: Restoring a classic carBeing retired allows you to have time to do things that you may have never done, but have always wanted to do. I personally have always loved cars and Permalink -- click for full blog post "Retirement Hobby: Restoring a classic car" Clay sculputure is my retirement hobby...My hobby is clay sculpture. I belong to a cooperative studio. The cost of clay and low firing is minimal. Studio space probably costs more. A cooperative Permalink -- click for full blog post "Clay sculputure is my retirement hobby..." Retired and Local Newspaper volunteerOur local newspaper was sold to a young man several years ago and he needed volunteer help until he could get the circulation built up and show a profit. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Retired and Local Newspaper volunteer" Meaningful Work is the Key To Happiness in RetirementRetirement should be one of the happiest times in your life! To achieve this goal, you need to have a clear idea of what you want when you get there. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Meaningful Work is the Key To Happiness in Retirement" Tallahassee, Florida is my retirement placeI'm a 71 year old women and my husband is 68. When we both retired we decided we wanted to move and get out of our current state, Kentucky. Out children Permalink -- click for full blog post "Tallahassee, Florida is my retirement place" North Orlando, FloridaI lived in Fl. (Orlando) for 15+ years. I got there as a job xfer from Denver. Left there as a job xfer to Atlanta. We lived in N. Orlando (away from Permalink -- click for full blog post "North Orlando, Florida" Florida's east coast, SebastianWe are snowbirds near Sebastian, Fl, on the East Coast and staying here in Jan/Feb. We are renting in a manufactured home community. The reason we picked Permalink -- click for full blog post "Florida's east coast, Sebastian" Retirement Happiness is Staying ActiveRetirement is a time to relax and spend time with your family, as well as do the things that you love in life. My ideas on a happy retirement would be Permalink -- click for full blog post "Retirement Happiness is Staying Active" Number of social security checks issued?)n average, how many checks are issued out to people at age 66, compared with at age 62? where can i find such data? thank you. Wendy's reply: I found Permalink -- click for full blog post "Number of social security checks issued?" Florida snowbird loves St. Augustine (Boating and Fishing)I live in New York State. Needless to say, the weather drives me out every year come fall. I keep a sailboat at Oyster Creek Marina in St Augustine. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Florida snowbird loves St. Augustine (Boating and Fishing)" What a Happy Retirement Looks Like To MeA happy retirement in my mind would include financial stability, health and partnership. I would start off retirement traveling the world with my partner. Permalink -- click for full blog post "What a Happy Retirement Looks Like To Me"
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