Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees

Retirement comes with getting older as does a changing body. A dermatologist checks our surface for signs of hazards. The results of their check can result in a few temporary changes in our appearance. With only a little thought we know it is worthwhile.

Is it worth keeping up with technological changes as we age? We learn how to use one thing and then there is another that is suppose to do it better. How do we keep up? Are there any tricks? Or should we just stop?

Friends make life. We wouldn't want to live alone. Sometimes we just drift apart, or one of us move or they die. At any rate we find ourselves wishing for some new friends. What to do?

Upkeep is something that we must maintain throughout life. It isn't easy. Change can come so slowly that it escapes notice. Our life and everything around us can easily shrink and deteriorate around us. We must be ever alert and assertive.

The Land of the Midnight Sun attracts like a magnet. It is like a universal lifetime dream. After living there for twenty years and traveling back and forth over another 25 I can't understand why people don't just go. It is easy.

Communicating across generations is always a challenge. What can we do to stay connected to our children and children's children? We might have to change our ways. That is always a challenge.

Habits are what gets us in trouble. Or habits are what save us. They can be take us to where we want to go. Or they can lead us into the valley of misery. New habits can be established at any time in life - retirement is no exception.

Getting from one place to another can be a problem for all of us. The difficulty can increase as we age. What to do? It might be very wise to choose our place of residency very carefully. Getting around can become a joy instead of a problem.

We men either grow a beard or shave. One or the other. There are no other choices. In many areas of our life we do have options. It is important to realize where we do and where we don't. We retired people have choices - about some things.

Retirement gives us time to do many things we have never had time to do previously. One of them is to gamble or visit casinos. We might want to think that one over before we swing open the doors.

Retirement allows time to reflect upon our experiences and try to make sense of our world. Sometimes personal experiences make all the rationalizing we find in the news appear more than a bit absurd.

We can all use a bit of unconditional love in our lives. Dog owners realize this. Thus we have the committed relationship. Benefits flow both ways.

We all want the world to be a better place for future generations. Is it? Have we left it better or worse? Do we share blame or credit? We certainly hear about lots of problems today.

Loneliness is part of the human condition. Without workplace connections we can find ourselves even more isolated. We need other people in our lives and that doesn't happen without effort.

We could have died quite easily - but we didn't. The rest of life is sort of a bonus. We may turn it into a true learning experience. It can be life changing and may lead to an early retirement.

What does freedom mean to you now that your retired? A friend recently asked me that question. I had to give it some thought. It was worth the effort.

How fast does technology change our lives? How many times do we have to relearn how to do something? It isn't easy to keep up. Maybe we should dig a hole and crawl in? On the other hand, maybe we just need to keep on learning. It may be worth it.

We retired people spend a lot time traveling to see either parents, children or grandchildren - love trips. Many times these trips are made via airplane. Now we find out that traveling in this manner may have a short future. What to do?

Worry seems to be one of the constant conditions of living. We worry about big things and little things. We may be wise to establish 'worry free zones' in our lives. We do want to enjoy part of our time revolving around the sun.

Some of us dream of getting more involved in the political process when we retire. We will have time to attend meetings or help work on campaigns or issues that are dear to us. What can we do? Here is a perfect example of one man's effort.

Planning for our funeral is something we can choose to do or not. There are many choices. It might be wise to give it some thought while we still can.

It is hard to get anything done if we don't know where we want to go. Where we really want to go. Priorities become imperative. It is to easy to get pulled off course by an invasive whim or momentary thought.

We all do some things unconsciously that surprise us when we think of them. Why do we do that? Here are two things that we might do well to consider. We have time.

It is the little things that sometimes make a real difference in our life. How do you spend your time? Listening to weather and news? Sometimes we do things without realizing what we are doing.

Retirement sometimes gives us a chance to reunite our families. Though schools and jobs may have separated us from siblings and children we may now have a chance to reunite. Those grandchildren send out a strong signal. Should we move? Or not?