Make your retirement years
the best years of your life!

How will you fill your 8000 days?

What will you do to feel inspired and unstoppable?

What will give you a sense of accomplishment?

SERIOUS ABOUT RETIRING

A Practical Roadmap for a Healthier, Wealthier, Happier Retirement

Are you serious about retiring? If you are anywhere from ten years before to five years after departure from the workforce—that’s you. This comprehensive guide to retirement offers insights and information on health, family, housing, travel, money, and so much more.

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What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

If you were born between 1946 and 1964, you are designated as a “baby boomer.” Your age right now is between 56 and 74. As you pass age 65, what are you becoming? What should we call you? There are a variety of names you can choose from. These include Senior Citizen,...

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Right here in River City

Right here in River City

In Meredith Willson’s 1957 Broadway musical “The Music Man” “Professor“ Harold Hill sings, “Well, ya got trouble, my friend, right here. I say, trouble right here in River City.” I think of this song whenever something really bad happens in Minneapolis / St Paul. Now...

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Thriving

Thriving

I cope with the threat of the pandemic by wearing a mask and physically distancing myself from others. The senior facility rental where I live coped with the threat of vandalism from protesters by putting plywood over our outside windows. All these actions have so far...

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About the Author

Mark S. Fischer, PhD, MBA, CPRC is a retirement coach. His online workshop, JOURNEY TO YOUR NEXT STAGE, helps pre- and post-retirees create a retirement that is engaging, meaningful, exciting, and fun. His recent book, Serious About Retiring: A Practical Roadmap for a Healthier, Wealthier, Happier Retirement, is a holistic and comprehensive sourcebook on retirement.