Looks like it’s time for another pep talk. I’ve received some questions recently about retirement disillusionment. It’s what gerontology professor Robert Atchley called Phase 3 or the Disillusionment Phase of retirement way back in the 1970’s when retirement was the last thing on my mind. I was in my twenties then. Settling in, or so […]

via Phase 3 — Kathy’s Retirement Blog Thanks Kathy for encouraging us to cast a wider net so that we grow and thrive in retirement. My retired friends “The Loopers” are a great example of risk-takers and fun-seekers. They are circumnavigating the Eastern part of the United States in a forty-five foot trawler. They are “seaing” the USA, making new friends, and “docktails” at sunset sounds delightful, doesn’t it? As my book characer Charli says, “Press on!”