Active Seniors

Volunteering: Helping others

Hi Retirees,

As I have mentioned before in these pages, most of my retired friends live very busy, active lives. And most are in relatively good health. But I have some retired friends that are not living such busy lives and I have had some of them to tell me that if they only felt better they would become more involved in other things.

Perhaps that’s true, but on the other hand I wonder that if they would get involved in “other things” they wouldn’t feel better. 

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Woody’s Retirement Blog

Hi Folks,

I haven’t been posting to this blog  recently but have been concentrating on my “Retirement on a Budget” blog and working on some information sites. But now I notice that the folks that come to Retirement on a Budget.com are primarly interested in the financial side of retirement and rarely click on all the good and positive items that are also available on that site. But the folks that visit Woody’s Retirement Blog  (even though I haven’t been adding new items lately) are reading the positive items archived there and then clicking on over to Retirement  on a Budget and reading the financial articles.      

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Rethinking Retirement!

Hi Folks,

This message is for all seniors - those that are retired and those planning retirement. 

Retirement is not for everyone! Some retirees are in hog heaven, others are just plain miserable. I am one of the Hog Heaven Group. I am so busy that I have considered going back to work just so I could get some rest. I now have the time to get involved in things I have been wanting to do for years. And that is wonderful!

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Social Networking on the Internet for Seniors

Hi Folks,

We seem to have  replaced the back fence, front porch and church socials with email, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. We used to call it visiting but now we call it social networking. Sort of like bringing the front porch indoors. 

I have a few friends that refuse to get involved in “that old computer stuff” but for the most part my senior friends have embraced the internet for a wonderful way to keep in touch with family, friends, people with simular interests and, believe it or not, neighbors.

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Great Retirement

Hi Folks,

I hope you are having a great day. But if you are not having a good day, or if you are . . . the following article is definitely for you.

Woody

How to Retire Ungracefully

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