Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees

Dec 01 2024 793 ep. 7 mins 280
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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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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?

908 The Pacific Northwest

Nov 17 2024 6 mins  
For us it was: a temperate climate not hot and not cold. We wanted a university in the town and we wanted it on the west coast, close to mountains and salt water, close to a big city (Seattle and Vancouver in this case), not so small that we would know everyone and not so big that we couldn’t feel like part of the community.

907 Finding Meaning in Retirement

Nov 10 2024 8 mins  
Retirement is like that. Life is like that. It isn’t that you grow Dahlias, write the great American novel, or build a better boat. The questions to answer are: Does it work for you? Are you committed? Do you understand what you're doing with your life and why?

906 Meaning & Purpose

Nov 06 2024 7 mins  
Giving meaning to life is important for all of us. We need to feel that we have something for which life is worth living. If ancient religion doesn’t provide it then something else must.

904 Vegetarian at 67

Oct 27 2024 6 mins  
One thing about retirement: it gives us time to slow down and try different ways of living than those that have dominated our life through custom, convenience and habit. "Thanksgiving without turkey?" How could that be?

903 Denial & Truth

Oct 20 2024 8 mins  
"The worst thing you can do is lie about something. Don’t deny something that is true. If people can’t trust you to tell the truth then we lose all trust. That would be the very worst thing. Do you understand."

902 Friend Turnover

Oct 13 2024 5 mins  
A friend gave me a bottle of wine maybe 50 years ago. "It is really good wine" he said. And then added, "If you open it when you have a good friend over it will be all the better". How true.

901 Retirement & Expectations

Oct 05 2024 7 mins  
In the younger phase we are always being asked what we are going to do in life. The question usually refers to a career plan. In the last half or so of life we are usually asked what we are going to do in retirement. Many of us never prepare. We just launched into it.

900 A Second Opinion

Sep 27 2024 7 mins  
Health decisions seem to mount as we move towards and in retirement. We are faced with choosing between alternative treatments. What to do? Where do we turn for advice? Most of the time, we can readily agree with our doctor. Other times, it just doesn’t feel right. We want a second opinion.