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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!

Taking Care of Aging Relatives is Hard

Taking Care of Aging Relatives is Hard

Taking Care of Aging Relatives is Hard

Here is an article from CNET on the challenging reality that many of us face in caring for aging relatives. - RetirementGoat

Dec 19, 20221 min read

How planning for LGBT retirement differs

How planning for LGBT retirement differs

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

Dec 19, 20221 min read

This is What the Longest-Living People in the World Eat Every Day

This is What the Longest-Living People in the World Eat Every Day

This is What the Longest-Living People in the World Eat Every Day

Good article, with some references to why and footnotes, from Fitwirr. - RetirementGoat

Dec 18, 20221 min read

Menopause is More Than Just a Punchline

Menopause is More Than Just a Punchline

Menopause is More Than Just a Punchline

For the those of us who experience menopause first-hand, or second-hand, it is a fact of life, and one that gets very little attention...

Dec 18, 20221 min read

One in-demand side hustle is on-line tutoring

One in-demand side hustle is on-line tutoring

One in-demand side hustle is on-line tutoring

I like teaching things to people and can definitely imagine tutoring as a side-hustle. Many of us have skills from careers, education,...

Dec 18, 20221 min read

What a Pre-Retirement Is...

What a Pre-Retirement Is...

What a Pre-Retirement Is...

Full Disclosure and uncompensated: I have read Fast Company for a number of years and have always enjoyed the perspective on new and...

Dec 18, 20221 min read

The 1 thing you should do every day of your cruise

The 1 thing you should do every day of your cruise

The 1 thing you should do every day of your cruise

I immediately jumped to "dessert bar" a little prematurely but this advice is sound. - RetirementGoat

Dec 17, 20221 min read

9 ways solo agers can prepare for retirement

9 ways solo agers can prepare for retirement

9 ways solo agers can prepare for retirement

Some great ideas here for singles facing retirement including a few that you may not have considered. - RetirementGoat

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Why Times Flies Faster as We Get Older

Why Times Flies Faster as We Get Older

Why Times Flies Faster as We Get Older

Interesting article on our sense of the passage of time from The Huffington Post. - RetirementGoat

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Wealthy Americans Are Hunting for Plan 'B' Citizenship in Record Numbers

Wealthy Americans Are Hunting for Plan 'B' Citizenship in Record Numbers

Wealthy Americans Are Hunting for Plan 'B' Citizenship in Record Numbers

From the appropriately titled, Mansion Global, this article does refer to a few citizenship options that would likely be classified as...

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Costs to consider before buying in a small town

Costs to consider before buying in a small town

Costs to consider before buying in a small town

A few good points to consider for anyone thinking of moving away from the expensive real estate prices in big cities. There may be some...

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Your ultimate 'White Lotus' itinerary for Sicily

Your ultimate 'White Lotus' itinerary for Sicily

Your ultimate 'White Lotus' itinerary for Sicily

The show White Lotus is incredibly popular with a backdrop of Sicily and a range of ultra-rich characters to love, or hate. this...

Dec 17, 20221 min read

6 Effective Real Estate Investment Strategies

6 Effective Real Estate Investment Strategies

6 Effective Real Estate Investment Strategies

Not every strategy referenced in this article from Entrepreneur may be for you but there may be one that works for you in retirement...

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Medical End-of-Life Planning

Medical End-of-Life Planning

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...

Dec 17, 20221 min read

20 Things To Do in Warsaw

20 Things To Do in Warsaw

20 Things To Do in Warsaw

An article from travel2next which details a number of cultural and culinary stops in the Polish capital. - RetirementGoat

Dec 16, 20221 min read

Designer Norma Kamali is 77 and just signed a new long-term office lease

Designer Norma Kamali is 77 and just signed a new long-term office lease

Designer Norma Kamali is 77 and just signed a new long-term office lease

Here is an inspirational story from Fast Company of someone well into their 70s that still seems to be going strong in an industry...

Dec 16, 20221 min read

A Personal Trainer Shares the 7 Stretches They Do Every Day

A Personal Trainer Shares the 7 Stretches They Do Every Day

A Personal Trainer Shares the 7 Stretches They Do Every Day

Stretching is on my list of the things that I know I should always do more of. - RetirementGoat

Dec 16, 20221 min read

Want to Move Abroad? These Countries Make it Fairly Easy to Do

Want to Move Abroad? These Countries Make it Fairly Easy to Do

Want to Move Abroad? These Countries Make it Fairly Easy to Do

Some beautiful, and expected, options throughout the globe in this Fodors article detailing primarily digital nomad-type visas that may...

Dec 16, 20221 min read

Don't leave grieving relative searching for your passwords

Don't leave grieving relative searching for your passwords

Don't leave grieving relative searching for your passwords

When I first saw the article, I thought about how far away the need was to address this. Then, on reflection, it occurred to me that...

Dec 16, 20221 min read

Here's How Much Living in Ecuador Costs - Our Monthly Budget Detailed

Here's How Much Living in Ecuador Costs - Our Monthly Budget Detailed

Here's How Much Living in Ecuador Costs - Our Monthly Budget Detailed

Excellent first-hand of account, from Travel Awaits, of an American couple that has relocated to Ecuador with perspectives on both the...

Dec 16, 20221 min read

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