Retirement Talk for Boomers, Seniors, and Retirees
Retirement Talk is an audio podcast intended to help people who are retired, or considering retirement, to examine their own lives. We will consider retirement in all its facets - not just financial. We want to examine our own lives and those of others, who seem to have looked closely, made choices, and are pretty happy with the consequences We want to encourage thought and action.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 833
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
573 What Do You Do
Retirement can complicate explaining our life activities. We exchange what was once a job description for a complexity of life experiences. Not easy to explain but wonderful to live.
00:07:19 |
Sun 06 May 2018
572 Retiring Together
"The husband is now underfoot all the time". I've heard that before about retirement. It doesn't have to be - nor should it be. Quite the contraire.
00:06:35 |
Sun 29 Apr 2018
571 Relocating Alternative
There is a way to relocate and stay in the same place after retirement. We accidentally discovered this alternative and practiced it for 14 years. It worked out better than we could have imagined.
00:08:05 |
Sun 22 Apr 2018
570 Relocating
Retiring allows us to seriously consider where we want to live. We may wish to stay where we are and then again we may wish to fulfill some lifelong dream of living somewhere else. What to do?
00:07:34 |
Sun 15 Apr 2018
569 What Now (part 2)
This episode is a continuation of 568. Here are a couple of examples of pursuing the Spinozian concept of happiness. They are not intended to be The ones to pursue. They are just examples. You must c…
00:07:23 |
Sun 08 Apr 2018
568 What Now (part 2)
Retirement can seem like a dream for many of us. Then the day comes and the following Monday we feel lost. Now what? That feeling can not only happen but it can drag on. Where will we thought we woul…
00:07:15 |
Sun 01 Apr 2018
567 What Do I Want?
When the opportunity to retire first comes to our minds we are most likely to assume we could not live without income from our job. It is then that we have to take a hard look at our life and decide …
00:06:07 |
Sun 25 Mar 2018
566 When Should I Retire (revisited)
Since writing this podcast over 11 years ago I wanted to revisited it and see if my thoughts have evolved. It still stands but did need a little more consideration. (And the music is different) It ne…
00:08:13 |
Sun 18 Mar 2018
565 ROMEO
Isolation is one of retirements major threats. We lose contact with our work friends. Sometimes we move and loose our neighbors we have known for years. No one wants to live a life of complete isolat…
00:06:51 |
Sat 10 Mar 2018
564 Upkeep
Upkeep seems to be one of life's necessities. If it isn't our health it is our car or our house or our family and friends. The line from "Death of a Salesman" pops into my head, "Attention must be pa…
00:06:58 |
Sun 04 Mar 2018
563 Thinking Ahead
Steve is planning on retiring in two years. He wrote me a letter about his career and his thinking concerning retirement. He is giving it serious thought at age 82. He will retire at 84. Here is some…
00:05:08 |
Sun 25 Feb 2018
562 Snowbird (2)
There is a good reason why so many retired people go south in the winter. It feels so good - so very, very good. Clear skies and warm sun for days, weeks or months have a way of relaxing and making l…
00:06:04 |
Sun 18 Feb 2018
561 Snowbird
I never imagined that I would ever be a Snowbird - but here I am. Cold, wet, dark winters drove my wife to request a reprieve from the Pacific Northwest winter. A road trip was planned and now we are…
00:07:40 |
Thu 08 Feb 2018
560 Ninety & Onward
My friend just celebrated his ninety second birthday. How does one get to that point? Did he do something special? Does he and others like him have a secret that allows for such longevity?
00:06:06 |
Sun 21 Jan 2018
559 Letter
A letter arrived recently from an active listener and and active retiree. Here is reading of her letter. She seems to have thought carefully about retirement and many of the listeners may find some o…
00:05:57 |
Sat 13 Jan 2018
558 Staying Fit
It is always good to know what we are talking about and what someone else is talking about. We can often misinterpret what is being said. "Staying fit" caught me up short one day. Thinking about it m…
00:06:12 |
Sun 07 Jan 2018
557 Friends
Friends enrich our lives. No questions about that. Sometimes we find ourselves just a bit short of friends: they move, they die, we change, they change. There are endless reasons. Sometimes we need t…
00:07:07 |
Sat 30 Dec 2017
556 Lists
I am not a list maker by nature. There is only one list that has really mattered to me over the long haul. I made it over 40 years ago. It has served me well right into retirement. It may give you so…
00:06:56 |
Mon 25 Dec 2017
555 Love Trips
Retired folks love to travel and they especially like to travel to see parents, children and grandchildren. These are sometimes called love trips. They are so revered and yet so damaging. What to do?
00:07:11 |
Sun 17 Dec 2017
554 Courage
Elections can be a challenge. What can we do when things do not go our way. Sometimes the results of an election in a democracy send a shock wave to our very soul. We may need courage the following m…
00:06:06 |
Sun 10 Dec 2017
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