Should I delay taking social Security or take it early?

April 11, 2023
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I know plenty of people who decided they were tired of working and took Social Security as soon as they were eligible--age 62. But is it the smartest...
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Retirement on our minds

June 18, 2016
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The Best of Boomer Blogs ... is talking all things retirement this weekend, with a nod to Fathers Day. Because it's mid-June and time to celebrate Dad. Whether...
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Struggling to retire

October 9, 2015
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More than ever before, I see our generation struggling with retirement: questions of when to retire and how are front and center for at least a dozen people I know. Many...
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When retirement goes bad

August 30, 2015
This is how most people view retirement: a time to enjoy a more peaceful life, sort of like these ducks floating on a pond in Sonoma, Calif. And yet.... Ok, I'll just...
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Too many choices

June 25, 2015
In the airport the other day I got a little pang of--was it regret?-- as I watched business travelers 20 or so years younger than me tote their briefcases, check their...
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Make things happen

December 14, 2014
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. So said Eleanor Roosevelt, a woman I have grown to admire tremendously. This post is taking me out on a  limb,...
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Real meaning of Labor Day

September 1, 2014
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Labor Day was intended to celebrate the achievements of the American labor movement and workers. That's the real meaning of Labor Day. Of course, now it honors all kinds...
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Brains and backgammon

July 27, 2014
We've got some time on our hands. More than we ever used to. Time that M and I now spend fiddling with our various remotes. Cable, Roku, DVR--they're a time suck. ...
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Silicon Valley: the way we were

July 16, 2014
Way back before Google and Facebook and even before Apple, eight brainy engineers defected from a semiconductor company to start their own transistor business. Led by...
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I was so much older then

October 15, 2013
Have you noticed this?  Here's my theory: When we're younger, we're consumed with the serious business of family and career, sometimes starting these efforts very...
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