L-Plate Retiree

L-Plate Retiree

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The Purpose of Retirement and How to Avoid “Abusing” Your Golden Years

The Purpose of Retirement and How to Avoid “Abusing” Your Golden Years

Why understanding the meaning behind retirement shapes how well you live it

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How to Calculate Your Financial Freedom Number (Free Calculator Included)

How to Calculate Your Financial Freedom Number (Free Calculator Included)

Why A Couple With $4 Million Was Still Worried About Retirement

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My Bucket List for the Next 50 Years

My Bucket List for the Next 50 Years

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Planning to Live to 100 (And Why That's Not Crazy)

Planning to Live to 100 (And Why That's Not Crazy)

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I Had Never Cut Anyone's Hair. Then I Volunteered to Do Exactly That

I Had Never Cut Anyone's Hair. Then I Volunteered to Do Exactly That

My first volunteer haircuts for the elderly were clipper-only and YouTube-trained. What stayed with me was a man's lament about a five-minute cut.

LifestyleLifestyle
Your Pet Might Be Quietly Helping Your Aging Mind Stay Sharper

Your Pet Might Be Quietly Helping Your Aging Mind Stay Sharper

A 13-year Baltimore study tracked 637 older adults and found pet owners' thinking skills faded more slowly. Companionship and routine may be why.

HealthHealth
The Mouth Bacteria That Help Lower Blood Pressure After Sixty

The Mouth Bacteria That Help Lower Blood Pressure After Sixty

An Exeter crossover trial found nitrate-rich beetroot juice lowered blood pressure in older adults, not younger ones, by shifting oral bacteria.

Investing and TradingInvesting and Trading
The Case for Rising Stock Exposure as You Move Through Retirement

The Case for Rising Stock Exposure as You Move Through Retirement

Conventional wisdom says cut stocks as you age. Peer-reviewed research suggests raising equity exposure may hold up better against a rough start.

Personal FinancePersonal Finance
America's Retirement Crisis: Why 80% Now Fear the System Is Failing

America's Retirement Crisis: Why 80% Now Fear the System Is Failing

A survey of 1,203 Americans finds 80% believe the nation faces a retirement crisis, and shows how wary they are of AI and crypto near their savings.

LifestyleLifestyle
Optimists Tend to Live Longer. A 70,000-Person Study Says So.

Optimists Tend to Live Longer. A 70,000-Person Study Says So.

A landmark study followed more than 70,000 people and found the most optimistic lived the longest. Here is what it does, and does not, prove.

FitnessFitness
Do Weighted Vests Work After 60? Only If You Do More Than Wear One

Do Weighted Vests Work After 60? Only If You Do More Than Wear One

A review of 15 studies finds weighted vests help older adults mainly when worn during exercise, not lounging, and only when the load is added slowly.

HealthHealth
Hearing Aids and Dementia Risk: What a 7-Year Study Really Found

Hearing Aids and Dementia Risk: What a 7-Year Study Really Found

A seven-year Australian study linked hearing aids to a third less dementia – yet memory scores did not budge. Here is what that gap really means.

Investing and TradingInvesting and Trading
Vanguard Expects Foreign Stocks to Beat the US Over the Next Decade

Vanguard Expects Foreign Stocks to Beat the US Over the Next Decade

Vanguard's 2026 outlook projects stronger returns abroad than at home. Here's why your retirement portfolio may be quietly overweight one country.

Personal FinancePersonal Finance
Medicare's 2027 Premium Increase Looks Small. Watch the Fine Print

Medicare's 2027 Premium Increase Looks Small. Watch the Fine Print

The trustees project the standard Part B premium up just 3.5% in 2027. Forecasters see more, and Part D drug costs are already locked in higher.

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Retirement Doesn't Start With Money. It Starts With Imagination.

Retirement Doesn't Start With Money. It Starts With Imagination.

A sermon on Genesis and human imagination sparked an uncomfortable question – have I actually pictured my retirement, or just assumed it?

LifestyleLifestyle
Older Music Lovers Had 39% Less Dementia in a Large New Study

Older Music Lovers Had 39% Less Dementia in a Large New Study

A Monash study of 10,800 older Australians found those who kept music in their lives had lower dementia risk. Here is what it does not say.

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