One of your biggest fears of retirement may not be giving up the hustle and bustle of the working world but remaining socially connected. After all, with your coworkers, you've likely made some close personal friendships. You likely treasure them and consider them as closer (if not closer) than your family members and other friends outside the work force.

Well, we’re here to tell you that...

The call to earn money in retirement is fast becoming a necessity and this is so because when you retire from the workplace you continue forevermore to face the prospect of escalating living expenses: food, shelter; clothing, power supply, insurances, communications, income tax, etc, with less left over than you had at your disposal before for enjoying the minor luxuries of life.

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We all have choices in life, and we know that some choices we make affect not only us but our family and we also know that many choices we make today will affect us for the rest of our life.

You have to make a choice about the quality of life you would like to enjoy in retirement and you've to make that choice today. You then have to make a choice about how you’re going to set about maki...

I have a 17-year-old daughter who is finishing up a year in Vitoria, Brazil. she's been having the time of her life in a gorgeous coastal city with the beaches of her dreams and the cute guys to match. What's not to like?

Tara told us that we could buy a beautiful home ("All marble floors!") on a spectacular beach ("White sand!") in a number of lovely cities ("Amazing architecture!") with...

After they retire many people move into a smaller apartment, condominium, or town home. Simple as it sounds, downsizing takes lots of planning and time. Many retirement communities have long waiting lists and if you're thinking of downsizing you have to start now.

1. Put your name on the list. You may have to wait ten years to get into the retirement place you've chosen, so you have t...

Retirement is inevitable. It comes to every individual at one point of time. The real trick is to be able to manage your retired life, without becoming a burden or an irritant to others around you. Retirement can be planned if you're a prudent individual. Prior to retirement , the most important task is to identify your work skills in a work area that could be the same as you're now working or ...

The NBA Players' Association met with the Toronto Raptors recently to discuss financial prudence among players and during that meeting cited a statistic that scared the heck out of most of the team. It was said that 60% of NBA players go broke after only five years of retirement! Are you kidding me?!? That statistic however is said to be an educated estimate and some players actually have a har...

Paradise, as defined by some dictionaries and religions, is heaven or any environment that is ultimately pleasurable. We can’t help you get to heaven; however we can give you some good tips on getting to a place that’s almost ultimately pleasurable! It’s difficult to imagine that one of the routes to such a place is through central Mexico, a drive that we first made in the late 70´s. What...

Most people spend their lives planning for the future. This is important as old age may prevent people from earning a livelihood. All businesses even have a predetermined retirement age for employees. This means even if a citizen is fit to work, there may not be a place that would him/her. This foresight makes people opt for retirement payments.

In most cases, retirement payments in the f...