Is Work the Missing Ingredient in Your Retirement Happiness Plan? By Robin Trimingham

Originally posted on Olderhood.com:
Is Work the Missing Ingredient in Your Retirement Happiness Plan? By Robin Trimingham There has been a lot of talk lately regarding whether Baby Boomers actually plan to stop working when they retire from their current source of employment. According to a report published by the Transamerica Center for Retirement…

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Lusting for Travel

Why did the traveler cross the road? To satisfy her wanderlust, of course! If that is even possible. I have barely been off the North American continent, the furthest travel spots being Mexico and Hawaii. But I am willing to pack for any kind of adventure! Referring to the “Polaroid” above, it has been over…

Yosemite Valley with Bridalveil Falls

I Feel the Earth Move

If you are a wilderness geek like me, you might know that today, April 21st is the 179th birthday of John Muir. If you didn’t know, let me tell you why he may have been considered (in my eyes) one of the most important men on Planet Earth. John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist, author,…

Kaye shares valuable advice for navigating airport security, planning for purchases and dealing with germs.

My Book Review of Have Bags, Will Travel

I am pleased to share my review of Have Bags, Will Travel, written by fellow blogger and author, D.G. Kaye. About the Author Canadian D.G. Kaye is a non-fiction writer of memoirs about life experiences, matters of the heart and women’s issues. She is the author of five books to date: Conflicted Hearts, Meno-What? A…

the beach is calling

A Resilient Path in Coronado

I spent the Christmas holidays in warm San Diego. Both Wednesday’s and Thursday’s temperatures broke records, clocking in at 80+ degrees on the beach! While on my short blogging break, I missed two Weekly Photo Challenges, so I am making them up today. The themes were “path” and “resilient.” We took a drive over to…

Taking a Christmas Blogging Break

Let’s All Take a Blogging Break!

What would happen if all bloggers just took a blogging break for one day, or one week, all at once? Would google explode? WordPress or Blogger might. Just wondering… I admire the bloggers who share something EVERY DAY. We all know it takes a lot of time and effort to publish a post. My hat’s…

Three Ways I Right-sized in Retirement

Three Ways I Rightsized in Semi-Retirement

We read a lot about downsizing these days as Baby Boomers are actively pursuing new ways of life as they consider retirement. “Rightsizing” is a process that implies a less than cutthroat approach to restructuring than downsizing. I have been following Kathy’s blog SMARTLiving365.com and recently had the opportunity to write this guest post while she was enjoying some travel. Kathy and I…