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74% of U.S. executives plan to pursue hobbies, travel or golf during their retirement years. 50.7% of executives plan to relocate upon retirement, primarily ...read more
Tags: Aging
"In order for our Social Security System to work, we need large numbers of young people to pay into the system. We also need people on retirement to not live very long after they retire. But the reality is our birth ...read more
Tags: Government
Dr. Charles H. Hennekens of Harvard Medical School says that retirement may increase a man’s risk of dying of heart attack. His statement - “We found an 80 percent higher rate of death from coronary disease ...read more
Scripture: Numbers 8:19-26
Tags: Death
Denomination: Baptist
Working Longer: Research indicates that people currently in their 50’s plan to continue working after they reach retirement age. Labor force participation among workers aged 55 to 64 increased 2% in ‘01, according to the Center for ...read more
Tags: Workplace Balance
In '06, nearly 30% of Americans 65 to 69 were in the workforce vs. 18% in '85, reports the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The increase in older workers reflects the erosion of traditional pensions, inadequate retirement savings and rising health care costs. But many simply don't want to quit. ...read more
Tags: Goals
Enjoy Them All! (07.04.05--Joy Every Day--Ecclesiastes 11:7-10) Only a dozen or so years and then, sweet, sweet retirement. Having worked for over 35 years, my time of hope and sweet happiness is now firmly planted on the horizon. In but a decade or so, I could be retired. No more getting up at ...read more
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:7-10
Tags: Finding Fulfillment
Denomination: Lutheran
A doctor wrote a letter of thanks to a schoolteacher for having given him so much encouragement when he had been in her class 30 years before. He later received this reply: "I want you to know what your note meant to me. I am an old lady in my eighties, living alone in a small room, cooking ...read more
Tags: Blessings, Encouragment, Gratitude, Retired People, Senior Adults, Thank You, Thanksgiving, Teachers (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The best time to start thinking about your retirement is ...read more
Tags: Hardship Of Life
"In this country, men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink ...read more
Hardworking Americans who spend a lifetime earning their pensions deserve to reap the benefits ...read more
"Get up at five, have lunch at nine, Supper at five, retire at nine. And you ...read more
31% of workers 40 or older have not yet saved any money for their ...read more
Some people are born about 65 years old and are always ready to retire. Some ...read more
"A foundation of good sense, and a cultivation of learning, are required to give a seasoning to retirement ...read more
"Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you ...read more
Tags: Money
Only one-third of adult Americans feel confident about being financially ready for ...read more
71% of ‘seniors’ today believe the key to being successfully retired is “keeping busy.” (Foster ...read more
By 2011 the federal government could lose more than 1/3 of its permanent workforce through ...read more
Tags: Workplace
A Good Marriage and an ability to play far outweigh financial security and good health as keys to a satisfying retirement. ...read more
Tags: Marriage General