Regain Muscle Mass After 60
Muscle is harder to gain and harder to keep as we age for a variety of physiological reasons. However, with regular habits, it can be...
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Welcome to our Blog! Here you will find a selection of handpicked articles and original posts that can help you think about how you want to plan your retirement. You can use the filters below to switch between original 'Posts' and 'Articles' from various categories about all things retirement!
retirementgoat
Dec 22, 20221 min read
When is the Healthiest Time to Retire
Another article with references to a number of scientific studies on the healthiest ages to retire and some causal links, particularly to...
retirementgoat
Dec 21, 20221 min read
How to Financially Coexist with Boomerang Kids
There are a variety of reasons kids return home to live with their parents, many are legitimate, and often welcome. However, all parents...
retirementgoat
Dec 21, 20221 min read
3 Benefits of Being a Cat Person
While I am not a cat-lover specifically, I am an animal-lover, and I think the benefits of having a companion that suits your personality...
retirementgoat
Dec 21, 20221 min read
4 Steps to Take if You Lose Your Job Near Retirement
There are a few truly bracing studies out on the high percentage of workers, at all levels, who are terminated within ten years of...
retirementgoat
Dec 21, 20221 min read
...Bust Your Clutter For Good!
One of the realities are getting older is acquiring a lifetime of possessions. Some are useful and necessary and some become baggage that...
retirementgoat
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Are You an Optimist? Could You Learn to Be? Your Health May Depend on It
A bit of "power of positive thinking" backed up by some Harvard research and some anecdotal first-hand accounts. - RetirementGoat
retirementgoat
Dec 20, 20221 min read
..One Secret That Saved Us in Retirement
Easy read about being flexible and "fluid'. The site, Your Tango, is a great super-site resource for wellness-oriented information. -...
retirementgoat
Dec 19, 20221 min read
Which has more impact - diet or exercise?
Not really spoiler alert: both are better and likely necessary to long-term good health. - RetirementGoat
retirementgoat
Dec 19, 20221 min read
Taking Care of Aging Relatives is Hard
Here is an article from CNET on the challenging reality that many of us face in caring for aging relatives. - RetirementGoat
retirementgoat
Dec 18, 20221 min read
Menopause is More Than Just a Punchline
For the those of us who experience menopause first-hand, or second-hand, it is a fact of life, and one that gets very little attention...
retirementgoat
Dec 18, 20221 min read
What a Pre-Retirement Is...
Full Disclosure and uncompensated: I have read Fast Company for a number of years and have always enjoyed the perspective on new and...
retirementgoat
Dec 17, 20221 min read
9 ways solo agers can prepare for retirement
Some great ideas here for singles facing retirement including a few that you may not have considered. - RetirementGoat
retirementgoat
Dec 17, 20221 min read
Why Times Flies Faster as We Get Older
Interesting article on our sense of the passage of time from The Huffington Post. - RetirementGoat
retirementgoat
Dec 17, 20221 min read
Medical End-of-Life Planning
This is an incredibly important, but often neglected aspect of planning for our own needs at any age. For anyone that has been...
retirementgoat
Dec 16, 20221 min read
The Best Tips for Losing Weight in Your 50s, 60s and 70s
Weight management is an important component of healthy living into retirement. These tips are form part of a healthy common-sense...
retirementgoat
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Double Dating: Two Takes on Dating in Retirement
A couple of articles, one, more scholarly from The Atlantic, as well as a personal, and inspirational account of finding love later in...
retirementgoat
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Seize the day? Here's what people get wrong about "carpe diem"
A little bit of cerebral exercise and philosophy for the day. A worthwhile concept to consider for all of us that imagine a long runway...
retirementgoat
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Are You Aware of Medical Gaslightling
Interesting post in Psychology Today, and referencing a New York Times article, discussing the author's personal experience and a growing...
retirementgoat
Dec 14, 20221 min read
My mom's 7 rules for being happy
Some simple advice, and some encouraging news that somebody actually listens to their mother... - RetirementGoat
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