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Featured Empty Nest and Retirement Bloggers

Baby Boomers share thoughts on empty nest and retirement.

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Empty Nest and Retirement Blog Archive

The love just flows!

Posted by: toorockmysoul on 2/13/2010

At first I was a little reluctant to write this for fear that the reaction could be the typical response to that of a cheap date, one who forgets, or any other stereotypical response that could be thought up. But this is about speaking my feelings which may or may not reflect that of others, and that is ok!

It is actually amazing how life around our home changed when our son moved out. Yes, the peace and quiet, lack of drama....the dogs seemed a little distraught. But for reason... Read More

Retired to Laboring in Love!

Posted by: mommy9 on 2/2/2010 1

I just wanted to take this opportunity to honor my parents. They are both retired and are spending this time to serve and invest in others. According to World IQ.com, retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. This usually happens upon reaching a determined age, when physical conditions don't allow the person to work any more (by illness or accident), or even for personal choice.

When I contemplate my parent's lives, I do not see retirement even though they are no ... Read More

Retirement Transition Plan: Don't Leave Work (for Retirement) Without These 3 Plans in Place

Posted by: Lin on 1/5/2010 1

Okay, so you can't wait to get out of the day-to-day work grind. You're not alone. A lot of the US working population can't wait to retire. But before you pocket that gold watch and run gleefully from your work place into the great unknown, make sure you've created an infrastructure that will support you in thriving, not merely surviving, this next stage of life. If you're panning to start a business, or launch a new career, then no problem. Your goal for what's next automatically incorporates ... Read More

2010 Goal Setting for Baby Boomers and Retirement

Posted by: bugcandy on 12/31/2009

As the Founder of StageofLife.com, I wanted to wish our Empty Nest and Retirement (pre and post) readers a Happy New Year in 2010.

To help provide some ideas on new opportunities for your life this New Year, check out our...

"Goal Setting Worksheet." Print it here.

Feel free to complete this worksheet with a family member or friend. You'll be surp... Read More

A hopeful Christmas

Posted by: toorockmysoul on 12/25/2009

Here we are, another Christmas and another year nearly past. As I find myself reflecting the past 11months and 24 days, I also find myself in a bit of a placid shroud of complacency. Whereas days before, even just hours ago I felt no real desire to do the whole Christmas gig, I am slowly finding myself giving in and conforming to tradition. This would be the first year my wife and I are essentially flying solo at Christmas. With our son and only child moved out and no grand kids as of yet ... Read More

50 Is Not A Speed Trap!

Posted by: AmyDoodle on 11/15/2009

Some of my friends are slowing down for 50. Not me. I'm hitting the gas and leaving three feet of tire marks and twenty dollars worth of fumes behind me.

I'm not complaining about my life so far--I'm married to the man of my dreams who hardly ever looks at me like I've taken leave of my senses, and I have two sons who can play Guitar Hero like they were born with Stratocasters in their hands. I just don't want the next 50 years to be the second lap of the same race.

Sure,... Read More

Six Things to Start Doing When You Turn 60 (Besides Celebrate!)

Posted by: Lin on 11/9/2009

I love my birthday. Always have. I guess that's because I love to celebrate, and because it's my own special day of the year. It also helps that I share my birthday with my adored Grandma Alcorn who was a human dynamo and lived to the spritely age of 95.

Each new decade seems like the beginning of the next grand adventure. At 30, I was newly arrived in New York City and starting a career in marketing and public relations. Forty found me just married, taking on two pre-adolescent step... Read More

Empty Nest

Posted by: justcallmemom on 10/9/2009

Not quite to the empty nest stage yet, we still have one daughter at home. However, she is a high school senior, so come next fall the last of our six kids will be off to seek fame, and hopefully, fortune. Since the two youngest will still be in college then, there will still be comings and goings and they will be home for vacations and summers. With the previous kids who left to start college, I was a mess for the first couple weeks - and it didn't matter that I wasn't even an empty nester - i... Read More

Start Living Your Life - Advice for Empty Nest

Posted by: Bob on 9/29/2009

I came across an article that I thought Empty Nesters might find helpful...

Author: Kenton Bruice M.D.

There are many things that can bring a mature person down, and one of the most important ones is the Empty Nest Syndrome. You may find yourself crying for no reason; days seem endless and empty; you may feel useless, and forget about friends and the things you love to do… in a few words, life has stopped. This is how this syndrome may manifest itself in your life right ... Read More

News, news, and more news.

Posted by: toorockmysoul on 9/26/2009

Recently I was asked a question which prompted me to go to 'the headlines' online and do some snooping around. I found myself in a bit of a quandary. Maybe it was a bad day to look at the 'headlines', but all I was seeing was some form of bad, sad, politically heated or depressing news. Oh, there was one 'headline' I found interesting actually! It had something to do with National Parks that are least visited. Ironically, one was right here at home, up in the Arctic Circle. Go figure! In... Read More

Reconstruction

Posted by: AmyDoodle on 7/15/2009

Today I have on blue socks with black pants. Don’t worry about telling anybody. The first thing I’m likely to do when I see someone is sing out “Look! Blue socks!” like it’s an Elvis sighting. I read recently that this stage of my life—somewhere in between Pampers and Depends—is the Age of Elegance. While that might define my state of mind, it doesn’t extend to my outfit.

I’m sure it’s my bifocals’ fault. Either they’ve lost their color sorting superpowers or they’re lying to me... Read More

The Fathers Day after.

Posted by: toorockmysoul on 6/22/2009

Fathers Day 2009 has come and gone, with 'Monday' well on it's heels. I celebrated this Fathers Day doing yard work, and the honey-do list around the house as my wife worked at her job. One thing that was missing today which was a little unusual, was the whole reason that I celebrated Fathers day in the first place....my son! Now I am not going to give the cry me a river rendition of 'A Million Miles Away', or 'Cats In The Cradle'. In part because he only lives 5 minutes from my wife and I... Read More

Pay Day

Posted by: Walt on 4/23/2009

For those of you that read my previous blog, you'll know I'm concerned about how my pension will hold out in this economy. So, I decided to have lunch with my financial adviser, an old friend of mine, to get the skinny on my retirement outlook.

I'm not going to bore you with the specifics of what he told me for my situation, but when I started asking him about the single most important piece of financial advice I could give my my kids (who are in their 20s and 30s now), he stopped c... Read More

No golf in retirement

Posted by: Walt on 1/4/2009 8

I'm Walt. I'm retired. I spent 40+ years with the same company. Well...my pension says it's the same company but it actually changed names three times. Right now, I'm concerned that my pension, after 40 years of service, won't be honored by my company in the current economic downturn...or recession...or depression...or whatever the talking heads are calling it now. I don't think my former employer is in danger of going out of business...but who thought some of what happened here in the las... Read More

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