Retirement Planning
A Few Words That Should be Said
Looking back a few of my recent articles makes me feel I have drifted a bit toward the money making side of things without offering enough advice on keeping and growing what we already have. After all, that is one of the primary ways strangers come to this site … one of my most popular […]
How Will You Make Your Retirement Secure In 2008?
I don’t think I have ever mentioned my friend Frank Rumbauskas here on the Retired Pay World blog before, but I’ve learned a number of valuable lessons from Frank over the years. You see my wife and I used to operate our own small sales corporation, and cold calling was (we thought) essential to getting […]
Work is Love Made Visible.
One of my most popular posts here talks about quitting your day job. several of my online friends have some degree of notoriety for doing that very thing. Others are planning to do so seriously within the coming months.
In my case I already quit my day job years ago … and my only regret so […]
You Can Quit Your Day Job, Or Wait For It To Disappear
It’s getting really close to 2008. seems like 2007 just started. But just yesterday I got an email from the office that pays out one of my annuities reminding me that I could download my IRS Form 1099R from their website. They technically have until February before they have to furnish the form but they […]
The Irish — Doing Better, Worse, Or About The Same In Planning?
I’ve been blogging a lot (well a lot for me, I’m no great shakes as aword producer) about blogging and other on-line activities to supplement or empower your retirement. Why did I start this blog on this course and why is this such a key issue for me?
Because even thou I have a number of […]
Putting The "Boom" In Babyboom
DW sent me an interesting link from Yahoo News yesterday, the article slug is "Farewell to Bingo". Here’s a snippet:
… To entice today’s more youthful retirees, who may be working part time or even full time at a hobby business, (my emphasis) developers are rethinking all aspects of the classic adult-retirement village. They are building […]
It Doesn’t Have To Be _That_ Gruesome
Pretty interesting article over at The Motley Fool that cautions seniors to Prepare for a Gruesome Retirement. I learned a lot from the article and recommend it. Some may consider me a “Cockeyed Optimist”, but I can’t really share the author’s totally gloomy attitude, though. Read Selena Maranjian’s Prepare for a Gruesome Retirement and see […]
Empowered Retirement — Part 2 of Many
A little over a day ago I published the first part of this series about the ad story of one Phil Horstman who retired at age 55 with a nest egg of $1,500,000 USD and, at age 62 … same age as me, by coincidence, can’t seem to make ends meet.
Because this is the year […]
Empowered Retirement — Part 1 of Many
As many of you know I choose to make my retirement home in the Philippines. There are a lot of pros to this idea, and a few cons. One of the negative factors which weighs on my mind often is the mind set of the Filipino which colors virtually everything they say and do, from […]
The Number One Thing To Know About Making Money Online In Retirement
Know Thy Time
Effective executives start with their time.
“Know thyself,” the old prescription for wisdom, is almost impossibly difficult for mortal men. But everyone can follow the injunction “Know thy time” if one wants to, and be well on the road toward contribution and effectiveness.
Effective executives do not start with their tasks. They […]
