Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees

Feb 02 2025 801 ep. 7 mins 283
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Retirement Talk is an audio podcast intended to help people who are retired, or considering retirement, to examine their own lives. We will consider retirement in all its facets - not just financial. We want to examine our own lives and those of others, who seem to have looked closely, made choices, and are pretty happy with the consequences We want to encourage thought and action.

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919 Imagination & What to Do

Feb 02 2025 7 mins  
Imagine retiring and moving to Mexico. Last year I met this guy in Vancouver who was off to join his retired friend in Puerto Vallarta. The friend was living out his retirement dream. He was running a school for dump children at the city dump in Puerto Vallarta.

918 Something New

Jan 26 2025 7 mins  
Trying something new can be a real treat for retired people. It just takes getting up off of the couch and walking out the door. Sometimes that isn't as easy as it sounds but it can certainly add a new dimension to the retirement experience. It just takes that first step.

917 The Hot Generation

Jan 19 2025 8 mins  
We don't have to wait for the future to see the results. Yet, many people call it false and talk of it like it is a fantasy. Our grandchildren's generation is being referred to as the "hot generation". They will live in a different world.

916 Doing Nothing & Guilt

Jan 12 2025 7 mins  
That is it with retirement isn't it? We don't know what we are supposed to be or do. We have no parents to tell us what to do or not do. We have no teachers to direct us. And we have no bosses or supervisors to dictate our efforts.

915 Looking for Something to Do

Jan 05 2025 9 mins  
I assume we all agree that we should all pay our fair share of taxes. We owe it to our country; we owe it to our children and we owe it to our founding fathers who struggled to insure life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

913 Staying Focused

Dec 22 2024 7 mins  
How can we stay focused or even get focused on something we really want to do? This is where priorities come in. We have to establish them with careful thought and approach them with dedicated effort.

912 Making the Most of It

Dec 14 2024 7 mins  
Eileen examines life closely. There are things to worry about in life. There are setbacks, but seeds of a new beginning always seem to be present. There are people out there who have mastered the art of living, including retirement.

911 Ready to Learn

Dec 08 2024 6 mins  
Life is filled with examples of people who could not learn something and then at a different time they seem to master whatever it is. Retirement brings time into our lives when we are allowed to explore some of these areas where we might learn something that has escaped us thus far.

910 Free At Last

Dec 01 2024 7 mins  
"I don’t own a thing", said Diane Athill, a British editor and writer. She has just recently moved into an assisted living facility. "And I love it”, She added, "For the first time in my life I feel free".

909 Rich and Poor

Nov 24 2024 8 mins  
Poverty isn’t good for anyone. When the least fortunate suffer we all suffer. Who would want to live in a mansion that is surrounded by squallier?