Sunday, September 30, 2018

Friday, September 28, 2018

Finding Your Passion - Links and Ideas

Psychology Today - 5 steps

Oprah.com - The secret

TheMuse.com - 6 ways

TheAtlantic.com - How to really find

Telegraph - 8 ways

Psychology Today - Can a job that's a drag become Joyful

Business Insider - the psychology

Tiny Buddha - try this

Wiki How - In Pictures

Life hack - How to

Clarity on Fire - Take the Quiz
This may help you define your Passion Profile and identify some weaknesses to protect against.  It's worth doing just for an illuminating exercise.


Ideas

Look for the things that you would still do if you were a lottery winner.

What would you do that would benefit others and not charge for it.

What have you done consistently in your life that gives you pleasure, fulfillment, and serves as an escape from drudgery,  ideally since you were a child.

Visualize the perfect job for yourself where you'd be happy to show up every day.

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Why Millennials Hate Retirement

Why!

Unless something changes Millennials will have a tougher time than any generation since the depression era retirees in actually being able to stop working.

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Why 80% of Americans Face a Retirement Crisis

Why 80% of Americans Face a Retirement Crisis

Learn to live on less, practice it, and understand that you will retire someday whether you like it or not unless you die early enough that you didn't reach the point where you couldn't work.

7 Ways to use your home equity for retirement income

7 Ways to use your home equity for retirement income

A reverse is good if you wait long enough but keep in mind that it only applies to certain types of homes.  Check into this early to help your planning.

HSA Benefits for Retirement

HSA Benefits for Retirement

3 Reasons to Retire as early as you can

3 Reasons to Retire as early as you can

I'll add one more.  You never know how long you have and if you take this idea seriously then consider what you always wanted to do and do it now rather than wait for some distant chance to finally get to it.

Saturday, September 15, 2018

The Brevity of Life

Essay

This is an excellent motivator for getting to it.  Whatever you thought you wanted to do in life now is the time to actually start.   Time is short for all of us.


Miracle of the Mundane

Miracle of tuning out

She is right to the extent that if you get nothing but time filling activity in your online adventures then of course you might as well be sitting at a bar sucking down suds.

Use the web, the Internet, and online connections to make life easier not more complicated.

Friday, September 14, 2018

Misconceptions about Health Care in Retirement

8 of them

The main thing that can help you get through it is to have an employer sponsored Health insurance that will cover you in retirement.  The best one I've seen is Tri-care for Life that comes with military retirements.  Anything similar that comes from your job or if you are self employed that you can arrange is an ideal way to insure that you won't be left broken by medical expenses.


Why Early Retirement or Why Not

Financial Advisors Weight In

Semi-retirement is the answer for most of us since it gives you a reason to stay involved and can make a financial contribution to making your fears of money running out less of a concern.  It also can give you the ability to choose a a Vocation that aligns with your true desires.


Thursday, September 13, 2018

The Rule of $20 for Retirement - Updated

Rule of $20 - Updated

Shifting Your Nest Egg to An Income Stream

How to by Debbie Carlson

This is a sound strategy that many successful retirees have chosen.  It reduces worry and within the boundaries of a stable currency value when you have a set amount of income coming in every month you can plan accordingly.  You may find that other than health costs other expenses like travel and dining out tend to go down while your activity level slows and you tend to want to stay closer to home.

Monday, September 10, 2018

Finding Your Ikigai - Purpose to Life

Finding your purpose

This is a great way to turn yourself into your own retirement life coach.  If you reach that midlife crisis point where whatever you are doing has no joy in it then consider a life change.

It gets harder every year and when you're older it feels near impossible.

To steal an overused phrase, "Just Do It."