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Welcome to our Blog! Here you will find a selection of handpicked articles and original posts that can help you think about how you want to plan your retirement. You can use the filters below to switch between original 'Posts' and 'Articles' from various categories about all things retirement!
How planning for LGBT retirement differs
There are a number of issues not faced by non-LGBT retirees. This article by UBS briefly touches on some of them. - RetirementGoat
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Dec 19, 20221 min read
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Medical End-of-Life Planning
This is an incredibly important, but often neglected aspect of planning for our own needs at any age. For anyone that has been...
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Dec 17, 20221 min read
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Is AARP Membership Worth the Money?
With 38 million members, clearly many people think so. However, this article from GoBankingRates lays out the costs and some of the key...
retirementgoat
Dec 6, 20221 min read
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Going it Alone - A Guide For Widows
This is a comprehensive guide from the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER), which has great information and resources. This...
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Dec 3, 20221 min read
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Disparities For Women and Minorities in Retirement Savings
A little different type of article with parts of three academic articles summarized by The Brookings Institute and others including some...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
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Her Tiny Community Retirement
Here is a first-person account, with some great photos and video, of a San Francisco resident that traded the Bay area for an Oregon tiny...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
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Dating Over 50: How to Look For Love in All the Right Places
Dating can be scary if you are just getting back into it after a long relationship, or after a long break. This article from Retire...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
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Free Stuff for Seniors
At the pharmacy recently, an employee stocking shelves dashed through a line-up towards me at the self-checkout. While I expected her to...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
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Back to School!
Going back to school has never been easier, more accepted and more accessible to those of us either late in careers or already into...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
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19 Retirement Gift Ideas...
Who doesn't love getting stuff! Lots of ideas here maybe to drop a hint and maybe something for one of your friends or colleagues about...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
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Wondering What to Do in Retirement: 50 things
Lots of great ideas here! Of course 90% of the suggestions on the list will not appeal to most of us. Still, if we see five things... I...
retirementgoat
Nov 25, 20221 min read
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7 Important Lessons I Learned Retiring in an RV
Never having been on an RV trip, it has always been something that has intrigued me as a travel, rather than lifestyle option. In...
retirementgoat
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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12 Scams to Avoid in Retirement
Here are 12 Scams to Avoid for everyone! Sadly, we read and hear about them frequently and they are not exclusively victimizing the...
retirementgoat
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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The Four Phases of Retirement - TED Talk: Riley Moynes
TED Talks are often entertaining and informative. This one is a great example, at just 13 minutes, Riley Moynes captures how the...
retirementgoat
Nov 18, 20221 min read
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Retirement Planning vs Retirement Preparation
I have been considering retirement for a few years. Not that I am ready to retire, financially or psychologically, but I am getting close...
retirementgoat
Nov 6, 20225 min read
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