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Learning to say “no”—an important retirement lesson

Learning to say “no”—an important retirement lesson

by Leslie | Aug 6, 2020 | Getting Ready, Spending Time

Ahhh. You’re finally retired. The first few months after you left the working world were a delicious, less-stressful, less-structured series of days. It felt like a well-deserved vacation. You turned off your alarm clock, caught up on your sleep, lingered over coffee...
What’s the deal with Social Security for women?

What’s the deal with Social Security for women?

by Leslie | Jul 23, 2020 | Getting Ready, Interviews with Experts

Marcia Mantell is passionate about Social Security. And she’s on a crusade to educate women about how critical Social Security is in planning for their retirement. She launched her retirement consulting firm in 2005 and is considered a retirement industry go-to-person...
From teacher to artist: Laurie Riley finds a new identity in retirement

From teacher to artist: Laurie Riley finds a new identity in retirement

by Leslie | Jun 25, 2020 | Identity, Stories

Laurie Riley spent the last 15 years of her working life as a fifth- and sixth-grade teacher. It was her dream job. She loved the kids and the freedom she had to create her own curriculum in the small open classroom school in Marin County, California. “I was so...
Defining the word “retirement”—love it or hate it?

Defining the word “retirement”—love it or hate it?

by Leslie | May 28, 2020 | Getting Ready, Stories

When Roxanne and I teamed up to write a book about retirement for women, we wanted the content to be about the social and emotional aspects of this transition, based on the experiences of women who had already retired. So we created a questionnaire and invited women...
Doing vs. being: A life lesson from the pandemic (and retirement)

Doing vs. being: A life lesson from the pandemic (and retirement)

by Leslie | Apr 16, 2020 | Spending Time

I had an epiphany last week. It was the second week of our pandemic-related stay-at-home mandate and I just wasn’t being productive. My to-do lists were getting longer, not shorter. I had committed to Roxanne that I would edit some chapters of our book and I couldn’t...
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