65 Things to Do When You Retire

by Chimsky, Mark Evan

• ISBN13: 9781416206545
• ISBN10: 141620654X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-12
• Publisher: Sellers Pub Inc

Summary

A collection of 65 essays that provides practical and entertaining advice about how to create a fulfilling retirement. The contributors will include recognizable names as well as others in their sixties who have created dynamic lives post-retirement. Other contributers include respected retirement experts. Modeled on our successful birthday series, the royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to cancer research.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Redefining Retirement
Don't Let Retirement Steal Your Bliss!	p. 10
Rewire® Early and Often	p. 16
Retire "Retirement"… Build Your "Life Portfolio" Instead	p. 22
New Models for Success	p. 28
Five Keys to a Creative Retirement: Even When This Means Continuing to Work	p. 35
Will You Pass or Flunk Retirement?	p. 43
Women 50 + Know: How to Redefine Retirement	p. 48
Change the World	p. 55
A Cartoon	p. 62
Your Retirement Game Plan
What Happy Retirees Know	p. 66
65 and Lucky	p. 72
Trump Fear with Purpose	p. 77
There's More to Retirement Planning Than Finances	p. 83
Retirement Is an Opportunity to Rethink Your Life and Do Something Different	p. 89
Live to 100!	p. 95
Positive Aging - Old Is the New Young	p. 102
Expand Your Social Circle - Face to Face	p. 107
Helen Dennis and Bernice Bratter	p. Career Women
Women and Retirement: Inventory Your Successes	p. 118
Choices	p. 123
Budget for 100 Years	p. 128
Seven Financial Rules for Retirees	p. 134
What to Look for in Financial Advisers	p. 140
Managing Retirement Wealth without a Crystal Ball	p. 145
Four Emotions to Manage When Maintaining Your Nest Egg	p. 151
Do Good By Giving Back
The Best Years of Our Lives	p. 160
Enrich Your Life: Push Back Against the Box	p. 165
A New Dimension to Our Liues	p. 171
"It's Not Where You've Been, But Where You're Going"	p. 178
Embrace Life	p. 184
For LGBT Retirees and Their Allies, Volunteer Opportunities Abound!	p. 189
Retire and ReServe: Because You Should	p. 195
The Encore Career	p. 201
How Working in Retirement Can Work for You
What's Next? Finding Your Dream job in Retirement	p. 208
How to Turn a Hobby into Retirement Income	p. 214
Starting a Home-Based Business in Retirement	p. 220
Six Ways to Get Paid to Travel During Retirement	p. 226
A New Freedom to Be Yourself
Why You Need to Know What Color is Your Parachute? for Retirement	p. 232
Don't Let It Take a Crisis	p. 238
Doing 60	p. 243
Turning 65: Minding Your Ps and Qs and Rs	p. 248
Lessons from Grief	p. 255
"Doing" Resilience: A Virtual Ritual of Transformation	p. 261
Act III: Becoming Whole	p. 268
Question Everything	p. 272
Saving the Best for Last!	p. 277
Ash the Big Questions	p. 282
Be Happy While You Are Alive Because You Are a Long Time Dead!	p. 288
Family Matters
Honey, We Need to Tall!	p. 298
The Spouse in Retirement	p. 304
Do What You Love	p. 310
Go Fishing with Your Grandchildren	p. 315
Go for It!
Fall in Love Again	p. 322
Olympic Dreams: It's Never Too Late	p. 327
Go the Distance	p. 334
Write That Novel!	p. 340
Tool-Belt Spirituality	p. 346
Be Inspired Night and Day	p. 352
Breathe In, Breathe Out	p. 357
Master Your Look	p. 363
Don't Take Retirement Sitting Down: Stand Up and Make Everyone Laugh Instead	p. 369
Traveling with Purpose	p. 375
Wildlife Adventure	p. 379
How to Plan a Round-the-World Trip	p. 385
Traueling Top Speed at 65 and Above	p. 391
About The Editors	p. 398
Credits	p. 399
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