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
889 Retiring to Mexico
This is the second part in a series concerning a trip to Puerto Vallarta and thoughts of moving south for retirement. Here are two examples of folks that did just that.
00:08:40 |
Sun 07 Jul 2024
888 Changing Our Ways
We tend to develop daily routines. Aristotle knew that and advised us to take care with the routines that we establish. We are habitual creatures, he said. He claimed that we are good people because …
00:06:07 |
Sun 30 Jun 2024
887 Fear of Missing Out
I know that whenever I talk of doing something in the future my daughter's advice rattles around in my mind, "Don't wait too long."
00:05:27 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
886 Alarm Clocks and the News
What wakes you on a daily basis? How do you get your news? Do you control it? It might be worth giving it a bit of consideration. Something to think about.
00:07:05 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
884 What are the Symptoms
A week ago a vascular surgeon inserted a stent into my iliac artery and on up into the aorta. The aneurysm was big and could pop any time. The aorta was clear but just below that was trouble waiting …
00:07:11 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
883 Traveling by Plane
39,000 feet and feeling miserable. My eyes burn; my butt is numb. I'm scrunched; trying to be thin. Is there a secret to flying that I haven’t figured out?
00:08:04 |
Sun 26 May 2024
882 Kicking Back Without Guilt
My education and culture have taught me very little about the benefits of sitting still. Many of us approach retirement with the idea that we must keep busy. We must continue to be "active" and for u…
00:08:09 |
Sun 19 May 2024
880 Meaning & Purpose
"Individuals who have a strong sense of meaning and purpose generally have better health, recover quicker from illnesses, and typically live longer". This is a quote from one of the many health newsl…
00:08:09 |
Sun 12 May 2024
879 Using Your Hands
That’s the thing about working with your hands. When you finish the job you can run your hand along a smooth surface, take a picture of it, sit on it or put things in the drawers. You can even show i…
00:07:17 |
Sun 28 Apr 2024
878 What Now
Years ago I came across some happiness advice that has never failed me. I liked it because it worked for me and I loved the name of the originator, Baruch de Espinosa: or, Spinoza. "Spinoza knowza", …
00:07:55 |
Sun 21 Apr 2024
877 Look Around
I knew that if I stayed there just a bit longer I would become the evening meal of some carnivore. Considering the absurdity of life I thought about it. Then I moved on. Hope is something else that i…
00:08:25 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
876 As We Age
Health issues become more and more personal as we move into and through retirement. Our interest and attention become very relevant individually. They have a way of grabbing our attention.
00:06:09 |
Sun 07 Apr 2024
875 The List
Retirement is a time when a list might be as important as ever. As we enter the latter stages of life our time becomes more important. That is why we have a tendency to slow down. We don't want to ru…
00:08:01 |
Sun 31 Mar 2024
874 Continue Dreaming
Maybe retirement is the time to become a magician. Or whatever else you dreamed of when you were a child. Or whatever you dream about now that you are retired. I'll bet with just a few years of pract…
00:07:55 |
Sun 24 Mar 2024
873 Pick A Fight
"Picking a Fight" is not something our parents told us was a good thing to do. Perhaps we need to rethink this advice. Retirement might be the perfect time to look around and pick a fight with some b…
00:08:54 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
872 Vacations
A good thing about vacations is that it shines a new light on the life we now live and the life we may want to lead. We can lay out plans, read travel logs, browse book stores and magazine racks, and…
00:07:24 |
Sun 10 Mar 2024
871 How Much Is Enough
The bottom line remains firm. You just have to spend a bit less than you earn. You might be surprised by how much pleasure can come from a walk in the woods compared to a cruise in the Aegean.
00:08:01 |
Sun 03 Mar 2024
870 When Should I Retire
How great are your needs? Do they expand with every paycheck or salary raise? Were we kidding ourselves about how much we loved our job and really were working for the money? I mean if we quit workin…
00:08:12 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
869 Winter Road Trip
I feel like I must relate a few lessons learned on this winter trip. They might help you think about ramifications if you may someday consider taking off during the cold season.
00:09:06 |
Sun 18 Feb 2024
868 Deciding to be Happy
“I Like Being Old”, is the title of a book I recently came across. It is written by k. Eileen Allen. She is a 90 year old woman who is blind. She says she likes being old and I believe her.
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Sun 11 Feb 2024
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