by Leslie | Mar 18, 2021 | Lifestyle, Spending Time, Stories
Some of us see retirement as an opportunity to change our lives and fulfill big dreams. In the fall of 2017, Ronna Benjamin and her husband Mike did just that. They sold their home of 30 years and most of their possessions, moved onto their 49-foot sailboat and headed...
by Roxanne | Mar 4, 2021 | Identity, Lifestyle, Spending Time
I like wine. One of life’s greatest pleasures has been savoring a glass or two of a nicely chilled white, or perhaps Prosecco, at the end of the workday. The mouth-feel, the slight buzz it imparts, the melting away of deadline stress, the ritual – it’s always been an...
by Roxanne | Feb 4, 2021 | Getting Ready, Lifestyle, Relationships, Spending Time, Stories
Dorri Raposa had a big job. A senior vice president at HDR, a firm with 10,000 employees who provide engineering, architectural, environmental and construction services around the world, she was the first woman and non-engineer to attain that position in the company’s...
by Roxanne | Dec 24, 2020 | Getting Ready, Humor, Lifestyle
Sometimes we can get bogged down by the emotional challenges that retirement poses. Challenges like figuring out who we are without a job title. Finding a post-work sense of purpose. Making new friends outside the workplace. Sorting out how to structure our free time....
by Roxanne | Oct 29, 2020 | Getting Ready, Lifestyle
Retirement is often the catalyst for figuring out what’s next in terms of housing. I’m a case in point. Around the time I turned 60, my husband—who’s almost 8 years older—and I started talking about downsizing. At the time, we lived in a two-story home with four...
by Roxanne | May 14, 2020 | Interviews with Experts, Lifestyle
Many women who responded to our Retirement Voices questionnaire last year talked about how decluttering and downsizing their homes was part of their retirement transition. No longer working, they finally had time to purge—clearing out closets, attics and basements and...
