Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees

Oct 13 2024 786 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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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.

899 Bicycling & Retirement

Sep 19 2024 8 mins  
It always amazes me that we can do all of our little errands and at the same time get terrific exercise. The papers and magazines are filled with articles that report about the effect of exercise on this or that disease. It seems like exercise is the only thing that is always recommended. I don’t think you can do too much.

898 Being Taken Advantage Of

Sep 11 2024 7 mins  
We like to trust people. That is a good thing. However, sometimes we can be taken advantage of if we are not careful. As we grow older this can become a very serious problem.

897 What do You Do

Sep 03 2024 6 mins  
I know some people who say they don’t know what they would do if they were retired. My experience tells me that you will, or can be, very busy. Busy, but busy doing exactly what you want to.

896 Retirement and Freedom

Aug 25 2024 7 mins  
Freedom has all sorts of limitations. Retirement does open up new doors that were always closed. We now gain an advantage in life we have never experienced. But we must be aware of and willing to open those new doors.

895 Being Alone in Retirement

Aug 18 2024 7 mins  
Social isolation is a major problem for retired people. We can lose all emotional contact with others. We lose people to care about. Our phone never rings. We sit at home alone; perhaps get a dog, a cat or a bird. According to a recently published book it is our major problem in retirement.

894 Doing the Dishes

Aug 13 2024 8 mins  
Daily routines present themselves to us - like it or not. What's to be said concerning these daily tasks? Are they to be avoided; to let slide, to dread? Or are they jobs that can be done and even enjoyed?

893 How Much Is Enough

Aug 05 2024 8 mins  
How much money is enough? That’s a pretty good question. When people consider retirement, that is always first and foremost in their minds. They just don’t seem to know how much is enough. There seems to be no hard and fast rule.