Retirement, Reinventing, Redesigning by Donna L. Scrafano As a young professional and a single parent, the answer I gave when asked about retirement was, “I’ll be dropping dead at a desk somewhere because I’ll never be able to retire.” A bleak answer, for sure. As the fates would have it, I took an early, unplanned Read more
Bored in Retirement? No Way! by Peter Kravitz For the first time in 32 years, my September and October weren’t defined by grading essays, planning lessons, waking up at 5 a.m., and then elbowing a tattooed social studies teacher away from the copy machine for that last-minute idea for my first-period class. I’m still writing Read more
New Retirement Income Benefits by Stan Corey There is new information about the timing of when someone should elect to begin receiving retirement benefits under the new Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which was signed into law on December 20, 2019. Two of the most critical changes that came about as Read more
Top 8 Reasons to Retire to Arizona Most Silver Sagers who reside on the East Coast, retire to Florida. But we’re going to give you the top eight reasons why you should really consider Arizona as your retirement destination. Publisher, Tracy Hill flew to Arizona (not during COVID) and the streets of Phoenix and Scottsdale Read more
Retirement Stage Two: The Go-Go Stage by Stan Corey You’re now ready to explore the next stage: The Go-Go Years. This stage is “go-go” because it’s when you’re most likely your healthiest and most mobile, so you’ll be go-going forward! Or maybe one of your goals is to get into shape so that your Go-Go Read more
Transition: A Spending Plan by Stan Corey Previously, we dealt with the loss of a paycheck due to retirement and how to set up a spreadsheet to show all of your income resources. Now it is time to set up a second spreadsheet: your spending plan. A spending plan is a useful tool for you to Read more
5 Stages of Retirement: 1st Stage Transition By Stan Corey There are five basic stages in retirement; transition, go-go, slow-go, no-go, and exit. It does not matter if you retire at age 50 or age 80, everyone goes through these five stages, it is just the amount of time spent in each that is the Read more
THE END IS NEAR! by Stan Corey To paraphrase an old saying: “No bells will ring at the end of a bull market just as they did not ring at the beginning!” There is much concern today about the fact that the current bull market has now reached the ten-year mark. From the close on Read more
The Rising Costs of Health Care by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. While running on the treadmill recently, I saw a commercial for a credit card that promised “cash back” and a business man who received $36,000 cash back on his card. He said he used the money to pay for his employees health care. That Read more
Three Pitfalls to Avoid When Retiring by Michael J. Orr You have worked hard and have had a long career. But for the last several years, you have had one eye on your calendar and one eye on your 401K balance. Now the big day has arrived, and you have said your goodbyes around the Read more
