Retirees Enjoying Travel
This retirement lifestyle page aims to share the good news about aging and retirement. Let’s explore ways to embrace life and the opportunities that open up to people over 50 as they retire.
The focus of posts will be on all types of Retirement Lifestyle and positive aging matters.
Aging is not a barrier. Rather, the barrier is our thoughts and beliefs about what is possible.
The thing is we can’t decide exactly what we will do in retirement until you are retired. And then, we can’t exactly know what we will be doing tomorrow, next year… The future is the great unknown. Yet, as always, our opportunities are right here, right now.
So, let’s explore this retirement journey together. Let’s explore how to make the most of our lives, regardless of our age and stage of life.
Let’s share ideas, possibilities, hope and inspiration about all things relevant to aging and retirement.
Downsizing our home in retirement was always one of our plans. Before we retired we knew our home was way too big and really unsuitable for us as we aged. We, in a way, had outgrown the house. It no longer suited our needs as Darby and Joan, home alone. So, downsizing our home is … Read more…
Following retirement, and we are no longer in the workplace, our relationships with work colleagues tend to naturally decline. For many retirees, our children, and grandchildren, have become independent, or live far away from us. The risk with transitioning into retirement, is we may become socially isolated and lonely. This in turn can negatively impact … Read more…
Retirement offers an opportunity to create the retirement lifestyle we want. Yet, often old habits die hard. Yes, retirement offers us more time to do as we choose . But, perhaps, we need to refresh our thinking, so we can rejuvenate the way we live life. Lifestyle before retirement Going to work took so much … Read more…
The best way to predict the future is to create it Peter Drucker Having enough money for retirement travel is the hope of many retirees. Yet, once you retire, your retirement income is finite (Or, so it may seem) Yet, for many retirees, this is the reality. Your pension, superannuation, or retirement investments determine your … Read more…
Wellness and wellbeing! These are current buzz words. Yet, it’s important to remember words have power and influence. With all this focus on wellness and wellbeing we are left to wonder if such a focus is really good for us? These days there is such a focus on wellness and well-being. And, this seems particularly … Read more…
Are you interested in travelling in your retirement? Are you interested in ways to supplement your retirement income, so you can travel more? If so, check out these ideas. As retirees enjoying travel around Australia we have met a lot of people. Of the people we have met on the road, the majority have been … Read more…
Retirement can mean different things to different people. In this episode of “Conversations About Retirement” Barbara shares her thoughts and experiences of being retired. Barbara had been retired for six months when she offered these comments about her experience of retirement. Ive had a very, very busy life, and a very busy employment. I think … Read more…
You wouldn’t believe it, I’ve just passed my first year anniversary of retirement. If you can believe, I can’t. As usual, I can say “Where has the year gone”? But, my first year of retirement has been anything bar usual. Reflections on my retirement transition Prior to my retirement I was concerned and anxious about … Read more…
Life after retirement is a time of transition and adjustment. What to do in retirement? Many people approaching retirement wonder what they will do with all their spare time. Everyone’s circumstances are different; and retirement options may depend on circumstances. If we feel we have choices, and feel we are able to determine what we … Read more…
It is with great pleasure and excitement that I write this welcome to “Conversations About Retirement”. The aim simply is to share conversations with retirees, for other retirees to reflect on. The conversations will be about retirees thoughts and experiences of being retired. And, the hope is to publish a series of “Conversations About Retirement”. … Read more…