Wait a minute, you might be saying. Isn’t burnout a having-a-job thing? Sure. But, burnout can happen anytime you say ‘yes’ too many times and wind up doing too much…
Published May 13, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
Published April 27, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
Families come in all shapes, sizes and configurations these days. Traditional/non-traditional, nuclear/extended, close/out-of-touch. For many of us, retirement is a time to examine those relationships and try to make them…
Published April 4, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
We’ll give the Easter Bunny a pass, but it’s generally not a good idea to put all your resources into one place. Or, for that matter, plan your retirement with…
Published March 31, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
While some baby boomers de-clutter and downsize for a smaller, lower-maintenance residence in retirement, others are – as George Jefferson would say – movin’ on up! Their motives? More space…
Published March 20, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
What if you stopped thinking about how you’re going to spend your money in retirement and started thinking about how you’re going to spend your time? It’s a simple but…
Published March 16, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
This story by Robert Laura of Forbes may start with a tragic cautionary tale, but it offers a resounding moral at the end: “…running out of money in retirement is…
Published March 10, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
According to the American Institute of Stress, Retirement ranks #10 on the Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory Scale, under Death of a Spouse, Divorce and Being Fired and above Major Change…
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Published March 3, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
Let’s say you’re part of a couple who agrees with each other about sixty percent of the time on various issues. (Think: the nightly TV viewing debate.) In fact, a…
Published February 26, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
We were struck by two very different stories this week about trends in retirement. An article in today’s New York Times describes the adventure of two retirees – so-called “senior…
Published February 17, 2015 by Cathy Hamilton
Remember that moment in your youth, maybe in college or after high school graduation? The one when you said (and I’m paraphrasing here), “I’m going to make the world a…