Many of us look forward to retirement as a sort of magical time of leisure without devoting much energy or thought to the specific challenges we might face once we get there. Among my clients, one of the biggest challenges I’ve seen is that of developing faith during the retirement…
What Options Do Retirees Have for Personal Growth?
Twenty or so years ago, the question of personal growth in retirement hadn’t really entered the mainstream consciousness. To most people a generation ago, retirement was an ending, not a beginning. But as with everything else they’ve encountered, the Boomers are challenging that view of retirement.
With the help of improved…
Mentoring to Share My Knowledge
You know the old saying: “If you feed a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach him to fish, you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” While many people in our society need lunch, they also to learn to catch, clean, and cook the fish…
Volunteering
Volunteering mean jumping in to do work without the prospect of pay. Why bother? The answer varies, but for retirees, two responses come to mind: to make a contribution to a cause bigger than yourself, and to give back while using time productively.
Young people often volunteer to test out careers…
What Can I Contribute to Invigorate Society?
If you are wondering what you can contribute to invigorate society, just look around you. Whether you want to impact politics, social causes, your church, culture, the environment, arts and culture, animal rights, youth, your profession, or anything else, there are plenty of opportunities for you to help causes you…
How Can I Give to Society?
Whether you are rich or poor, you will enrich yourself by making a contribution to life and giving back. The happiest people are not bystanders who hoard the good things that come to them in life, but those who share of themselves. As you head into retirement, you may not…
What Should I Invest My Time and Energy In?
You can’t ask yourself the question “Where should I invest my time and energy?” without asking a series of related questions. What do I want to do? Where does my passion lie? What changes would I have to make in my life to pursue this direction? Do I…
What Do I Need to Do to Ensure I Feel Fulfilled
When you retire from work, you gain more free time, but lose the structure that work builds into your life. At first, you might say “At last!”, put up your feet, and get into a nice routine of watching daytime TV, going to lunch, and playing golf. There may go…
Planning Your Bucket List
Ever since the Bucket List movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman came out a few years ago, people have been formulating their goals for the next 20-30 years of their life in those terms. What do I want do in my life before I kick the bucket?
Making a list…
What if I Run Out of Money
When you retire, you may get a good bye lunch and handsome parting gift, but never a crystal ball, which is what you need to answer the questions you ask when you go into retirement. Can you afford it? What if your savings aren’t enough? What are your options? In…
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