by Edward Morton | Aug 26, 2019 | RETIREMENT, Retirement Activities, Retirement Goals, Updates
AN OVERVIEW: “You know (your name here). He or she…” What comes next? Remember all of those songs that stay in your head even YEARS later? Let me see if I can jog some memories: Gimme Some Lovin; White Shade of Pale; Long, Cool Woman in a Black Dress; Sitting on...
by Edward Morton | Jul 16, 2019 | Learning in Retirement, RETIREMENT, Updates
One of the issues that I find myself and others discussing in retirement and as we age, is a loss of patience. It seems contrary that one should be impatient when schedules and demands are not supposed to be a concern, but a number of people have told me that their...
by Edward Morton | Jun 19, 2019 | Learning in Retirement, RETIREMENT, Updates
What Not to Say to Your Elders If you are of traditional retirement age and beyond, possibly since you have crossed the threshold of fifty, you may have noticed a certain deference, even a patronizing attitude, from those younger than you. It sometimes seems everybody...
by Edward Morton | Apr 19, 2019 | Learning in Retirement, RETIREMENT, Retirement Goals, Retirement Tools, Updates
Retirees: Unfair Game for Fraud? Our own U.S. Justice Department is calling it “a massive problem.” The National Council on Aging says it is “the Crime of the 21st Century.” Even though we’re talking about hundreds of millions of dollars yearly nationwide, many...
by Edward Morton | Apr 5, 2019 | Five Pillars, Learning in Retirement, RETIREMENT, Retirement Goals, Retirement Tools, Updates
Poll: “Widespread Skepticism” on Future Benefits It appears, if a recent poll by the Pew Research Center is accurate, that four of every 10 Americans are concerned that there won’t be enough money in the Social Security coffers to provide them benefits current...
by Edward Morton | Mar 25, 2019 | Learning in Retirement, RETIREMENT, Retirement Activities, Retirement Tools, Updates
One of the goals in my Designed Retirements plan, is to understand some Eastern religions since I have had zero exposure to them to this point in my life. I was raised Roman Catholic, but always thought it important to understand how others view the questions of...