Contemporary Retirement Coaching Blog tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-367466 2009-12-16T10:45:14+00:00 Get the retirement you deserve! - Avoid the pitfalls. Get expert help and advice. TypePad When disenchantment with retirement turns into depression tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20128765a3509970c 2009-12-16T10:45:14+00:00 2009-12-16T10:45:14+00:00 If your disenchantment with retirement is starting to turn into depression, check out this fabulous blog post by the magnificent Barbara Sher about an email exchange that she'd had with someone suffering from depression. It contains extremely good advice! Ann Harrison
Barbara Sher If your disenchantment with retirement is starting to turn into depression, check out this fabulous blog post by the magnificent Barbara Sher about an email exchange that she'd had with someone suffering from depression.  It contains extremely good advice!
 http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/when-disenchantment-with-retirement-turns-into-depression.html Are you in the market for a mini-retirement? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20120a7539180970b 2009-12-15T14:12:36+00:00 2009-12-15T14:12:36+00:00 Most visitors to this blog are people close to retirement age who are looking for ideas, information and advice to help them with the process of retirement. But a growing number of people who haven't reached that stage, are investigating... Ann Harrison

Hammock Most visitors to this blog are people close to retirement age who are looking for ideas, information and advice to help them with the process of retirement.  But a growing number of people who haven't reached that stage, are investigating the idea of 'mini-retirements' so they can experience a change of lifestyle NOW, without having to wait years until they're old enough, and can afford, to retire 'officially'.

If that sounds like you, you'll probably be interested in Recipe for a Mini-Retirement Overseas, an article by Michael Manville, which discusses how living abroad can not only save you money but help you create a new stream of income to finance your travels. 

Although the article is written for US readers, the ideas it contains are equally applicable to those of us over this side of the pond and, for currency conversion purposes, 1 dollar is currently worth about 61p (UK) and 68 cents (Europe).

 http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/are-you-in-the-market-for-a-miniretirement.html Blogging Boomers Carnival #142 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20120a74e78ff970b 2009-12-14T10:51:54+00:00 2009-12-14T10:51:54+00:00 Welcome to the penultimate Blogging Boomers Carnival of the year - hosted this week by one of our founder members, Janet Spiegel of Gen Plus. Here's the link you need. Enjoy! Ann Harrison
Masks Welcome to the penultimate Blogging Boomers Carnival of the year - hosted this week by one of our founder members, Janet Spiegel of Gen Plus.  Here's the link you need.  Enjoy!
 http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/blogging-boomers-carnival-142.html Quick Links tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20128764596de970c 2009-12-11T12:01:46+00:00 2009-12-11T12:04:35+00:00 From ZenHabits blog: 48 Fun Ways to Exercise -http://zenhabits.net/2009/12/48-fun-exercises/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zenhabits+%28zen+habits%29&utm_content=Twitter Ann Harrison http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/quick-links-2.html Do you know your friends on Facebook and Twitter better than you know your neighbours? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20120a7426ee6970b 2009-12-11T11:34:50+00:00 2009-12-11T11:36:36+00:00 I was leaving my house the other day when I saw Lynsey, my next door neigbour, hobbling down her path on crutches, with her leg in plaster. I, naturally, asked her what had happened to her and it turned out... Ann Harrison

Twitter I was leaving my house the other day when I saw Lynsey, my next door neigbour, hobbling down her path on crutches, with her leg in plaster.  I, naturally, asked her what had happened to her and it turned out that she'd fallen downstairs and broken her leg quite badly - it had been pinned and plated and all kinds of things.  And she'd had the accident 8 weeks ago!  She'd been hobbling around on crutches for 8 weeks and I had absolutely no idea!

So this article by Hazel Davis - I've got 668 'friends' on Facebook... but I don't know any of my neighbours - struck a chord with me when I read it this morning (ironically, after following a link to it from someone I know on Twitter).

How about you?  Do you know your neighbours and what's going on in their lives?  Or do you know more about your friends on Facebook and Twitter?

 http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/do-you-know-your-friends-on-facebook-and-twitter-better-than-you-know-your-neighbours.html Salsa dancing British granny Paddy Jones wins Spain's Got Talent tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e201287640fef1970c 2009-12-10T17:41:09+00:00 2009-12-10T17:41:09+00:00 After the death of her husband, Sarah Jones, known as Paddy, had planned a quiet retirement in Gandia, near Valencia. But now, at 75, she's become the winner of the Spanish equivalent of Britain's Got Talent after performing a salsa... Ann Harrison <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><P><A style="FLOAT: left" href="http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c69969e20120a73e0ebc970b-pi"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451c69969e20120a73e0ebc970b " alt=Salsa src="http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c69969e20120a73e0ebc970b-120wi" /></A> After the death of her husband, Sarah Jones, known as Paddy, had planned a quiet retirement in Gandia, near Valencia.&nbsp; But now, at 75,&nbsp;she's become the winner of the Spanish equivalent of Britain's&nbsp;Got Talent after performing a salsa which incorporated&nbsp;'a dazzling sequence of flips, spins and high kicks'.&nbsp; Check out Paddy's performance <A href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6951839.ece" target=_blank>in this video</A> from the Times Online website.</P></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ContemporaryRetirement/~4/1e4Dg37fMW0" height="1" width="1"/> http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/salsa-dancing-british-granny-paddy-jones-wins-spains-got-talent-.html Video guides to packing for a house move tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20120a7376c30970b 2009-12-09T19:39:38+00:00 2009-12-09T19:39:38+00:00 I don't have many talents but I've moved home 8 times in my adult life and have never even so much as damaged a drinking glass during the course of all those moves. If you're moving home in the near... Ann Harrison

Monopoly house I don't have many talents but I've moved home 8 times in my adult life and have never even so much as damaged a drinking glass during the course of all those moves. 

If you're moving home in the near future and want to arrive at your new pad with all your possessions intact, check out the video guides to packing up your home prepared by reallymoving.com. 

Some of the tips given are only common sense but, if you haven't moved home for a while, the videos might give you some ideas (even if only about the equipment you'll need to stock up on beforehand).

 http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/video-guides-to-packing-for-a-house-move.html Money for fun tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20120a72cfc29970b 2009-12-08T11:46:42+00:00 2009-12-08T11:46:42+00:00 Barbara Winter's Buon Viaggio blog is always worth a read and I thought you might like this article entitled Money for Fun, in which Barbara writes about just that - earning money while having fun. Sounds good to me! Ann Harrison
Barbara Winter Barbara Winter's Buon Viaggio blog is always worth a read and I thought you might like this article entitled Money for Fun, in which Barbara writes about just that - earning money while having fun.  Sounds good to me!
 http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/money-for-fun.html Blogging Boomers Carnival #141 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20120a72012c3970b 2009-12-07T16:42:19+00:00 2009-12-07T16:42:19+00:00 Blogging Boomers is back after the Thanksgiving break for my colleagues in the US, and today's hosts are two of our newest team members, Jennifer and Mary of Writing Without Periods. Check them out. Ann Harrison
Masks Blogging Boomers is back after the Thanksgiving break for my colleagues in the US, and today's hosts are two of our newest team members, Jennifer and Mary of Writing Without Periods. Check them out.
 http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2009/12/blogging-boomers-carnival-141.html Quick Links tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451c69969e20128762265ab970c 2009-12-07T08:36:56+00:00 2009-12-07T08:36:56+00:00 From the BBC - Giving old eyes a new lease of life: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8392749.stm Ann Harrison
From the BBC - Giving old eyes a new lease of life: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8392749.stm
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