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
787 Relocating Alternative
My wife and I found that there is another choice; other than moving or staying. You can stay and move at the same time. No, it doesn’t seem to logically follow, but it is true. Here is what we did.
00:08:46 |
Sun 03 Jul 2022
786 Relocating
One of the early decisions one can make when retiring is where to live. You are no longer bound by your job to live in one particular place. For the first time in your life you can really choose wher…
00:08:24 |
Sun 26 Jun 2022
785 What Now (2)
On the last podcast I set out Spinoza's thoughts concerning happiness as a possible rule to follow. Recall that Spinoza advised us to realize that happiness lies in the movement from a state of lesse…
00:08:33 |
Sun 19 Jun 2022
784 What Now?
This is a revisited performance of the second episode ever aired on this podcast entitled "What Now". I have made some changes that might better clarify and illustrate the topic. "What Now" of course…
00:07:19 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
783 Home Free
This past week I came across an article about two folks - age 71 and 68 - who sold their house, sold their worldly possessions and bought a ticket to ride. They have decided to live house free during…
00:07:28 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
782 When Should I Retire
When should I retire is a question we all consider if we are lucky. I wrote about this topic in the very first podcast of Retirement Talk. It seemed fitting. That was 15 years ago. I'm wondering If m…
00:08:48 |
Sun 29 May 2022
781 Enjoying Food
Of course we do eat to live but many of us find that living to eat certainly has attraction. We do this for no other reason than enjoyment. It is hard to find fault. We just have to remember to contr…
00:08:29 |
Sun 22 May 2022
780 Assist or Enable
We grandparents, we elders, pass on the responsibility of learning to another generation and hope for the best. We hope we have done our job in an effective fashion. One last challenge lies ahead. We…
00:07:17 |
Sun 15 May 2022
779 Electric Cigarette
When I stepped into the world of retirement I never thought I was leaving the real world. Now it seems like I see something, read something or hear of something of which I know nothing every day. I’m…
00:07:24 |
Sun 08 May 2022
778 The Pause
Sometimes we just get too busy doing things that we forget to think. Not that I am against doing things. I like to be busy. But not busy all the time and not busy without giving much thought as to wh…
00:08:15 |
Sun 01 May 2022
777 Stepping Off As Others Step On
There is something about ritual ceremonies that glue us all together. I had thought it was just a couple of hours to sit through and then present them with a gift and that would be it. But that wasn'…
00:07:06 |
Sun 24 Apr 2022
776 Irresponsibility
For some reason the whole idea of becoming irresponsible is so very attractive to me. Now I just have to think of something that might fill the bill.
00:07:44 |
Sun 17 Apr 2022
775 Focus
How many times a day does one have to be informed of the stock market report or the weather forecast? Seems like once a day might be plenty. It is hard to stay focused on enjoying the birds in the sk…
00:06:30 |
Sun 10 Apr 2022
774 Energy?
Energy is a precious commodity. We want to put one step in front of the other. The tank will eventually run dry but if there is a way to get a refill or plug any leaks we want to take advantage.
00:06:59 |
Sun 03 Apr 2022
773 Connections
Life continues to offer us new experiences. They come if we are willing to take a bit of a risk and accept them. It is much safer to just keep life on an even keel. New ventures require new efforts a…
00:07:39 |
Sun 27 Mar 2022
772 Get Up and Get
I love our days in the city. You don't have to go far to feel like an explorer. There is more novelty and more surprises waiting just around the corner. It is this daily discovery that keeps me smili…
00:08:06 |
Sun 20 Mar 2022
771 What Money Can't Buy
It has been the basic premise of these podcasts that there is more to life than money. Thinking carefully about what we are doing with our limited time seems much more important.
00:08:04 |
Sun 13 Mar 2022
770 Guest Adventure
Why,you might ask, am I going into such detail for you. It is our response to your recent podcast topic. In January you spoke of "Finding Meaning in Retirement". Here is the story of one podcast list…
00:07:26 |
Sun 06 Mar 2022
769 The Family Story
It is important to share information from one generation to the other. History gives stability and a sense of identity to children. This stability and sense of self control helps establish a positive…
00:10:44 |
Sun 27 Feb 2022
768 Advanced Directives
Considering the end of one's life is not a pleasant subject. But considering the little known information that is in direct opposition to reality is even more unpleasant. This is one place where it m…
00:08:16 |
Sun 20 Feb 2022
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