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Finding Purpose After Retirement: What Brought Me Joy
This is how I found purpose after retirement When I retired and left the classroom for the last time after thirty-five years, I thought I had it all figured out. Bill and I would relax, maybe tend to the garden, visit the kids more often, and finally have time to read all those books I’d…
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The 9 Best Senior Discounts You Should Know About
These are the best senior discounts I’ve discovered in my first years of retirement! You know what nobody told me about retirement? That suddenly, everyone wants to give you discounts! I’m not complaining, mind you, but it took me a while to figure out which senior discounts were actually worth asking about and which ones…
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8 Target Foods Perfect For When You Don’t Know What to Eat
These Target foods changed everything when it comes to meal planning! “You should try to eat healthier!” You’ve probably heard this a thousand times from TV ads, doctors, friends, and so on. This is a quite popular phrase that annoyed me greatly a couple of years ago. The turning point came when my doctor told…
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Home is Where We Park It: Our First RV Summer
The RV summer of our lives! When Bill, my husband, first suggested spending our retirement summer in an RV, I looked at him and told him that we had more chances to join the circus. I know, I know, maybe I was mean, but an RV summer sounded like too much, especially right after we…
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5 Quick Financial Tasks You Can Finish in Just One Hour
These financial tasks changed my life forever! One thing that I’ve learned over the years is that retirement is not the dream everybody talks about. Well, it is an amazing time period when you have time to do a lot of the things you want, but balance is needed. It is not like once you…
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Letting Go of the Family Home: What We Gained When We Downsized
Have you ever tried downsizing? This is the story about how my life changed! There’s something about holding house keys for the last time that makes you understand the weight of a life well-lived. I know this sounds dramatic, and I am not even talking about a physical weight. I am referring more to a…
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Planning to Retire Together? Here’s What to Watch Out For
Do you want to retire together? Avoid common pitfalls with this heartfelt guide! When Bill and I started thinking seriously about retirement, we thought the biggest decisions would be things like, “Where should we travel first?” or “Should we repaint the kitchen?” But oh boy, we were so wrong. If you had the impression that…
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4 Home Items That Pay Off
These home items made my life better, and I want to recommend them to you! “You get what you pay for!” This is a phrase some of my friends used to tell me every time I bought something cheap and then whined about it breaking and becoming useless in a week. If you think about…
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Smart Summer Buys for Retirees: What I’m Grabbing at Walmart
These smart summer buys changed my summers! I am not a person who loves hot summers, and because of this, I’ve always been really careful regarding what things I buy to prepare for this season. I mean, summer is fine, but depending on where you live, there are some smart summer buys that can make…
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When Your Grown Kids Break Your Heart: A Mother’s Journey
A personal story about family wounds, healing, and learning to love with boundaries. If you feel that your heart needs this, keep reading! Have you ever felt like your kids betrayed you and broke your heart? I surely had, and today I want to share my story with you. Why? Because I think there are…