Lonely Planet has released their top ten travel tips for 2010. I loved their tenth suggestion: When All Else Fails, Find a Cheap Flight to New York. If you have travel fever, but don’t have the time or money to escape the country, find a cheap flight to New York. I agree. I love NYC. [...]
Senior citizens carry the fastest-growing credit card debt in the United States today. The average balance increased 149% from 1995 to 2004 among retirees 65 and older. That figure continues on the rise. If you find your credit card debt worrisome, this article is for you. You can choose to go to a debt relief [...]
How many family and friends are left in your circle? Are you old enough that you can discard them easily? Do you work at trying to maintain and sustain the friendships you have cultivated during your life? No matter where you are on life’s longevity scale, keeping your friends, some of whom are related, is a very important undertaking. They have given you more than likely you realize. They mean more than you have calculated. They are the treasures of life whose intrinsic value is predicated on how they share their love, how they are there for and with you at critical times.
My mother is now 90. She is my friend, one of my lifetime treasured friends, whom I know will always be there for me. There is no way to replace such a friend. There are others, but this is the ultimate
Do some “Honing” in with GORP and hone in on the craziest, most extreme, and most remote trips across the globe. Take a look at their Top Ten Extreme Adventures. This one: Diving with Hammerheads and Whale Sharks in the Galapagos, just doesn’t look like one my wife would take too easily. Me either quite [...]
Social Security, Medicare and the United States Government! What a combination! USA.gov is a web site hub of almost unlimited resources, with seven sub-pages that include kids, teens, parents, Seniors, Military and Veterans, Americans Abroad, Media and More Audiences, (including Americans Living and Traveling Abroad). The Seniors page really caught SCJ’s attention. It is a [...]
Senior Citizen Journal has a policy that prohibits endorsement of any company or group or organization. However, we do find some that we recommend our readers consider as they age productively. Following are some Tour Travel sites that we suggest you peruse as you make senior travel plans: Abercrombie & Kent Tours Adventures by Disney [...]
There are so many. Making such a list is probably unwise. Reflecting very long on such, about which nothing can be done, is really a colossal waste. It only reminds that there were many times you could have acted differently, chosen more wisely, challenged your sensitivities more bravely.
But now, that time is all gone. Literally, ALL gone. There is no retracing of steps except in regret or perhaps joy at having had those moments. Regret is a wasteful expense of time and emotion and energy. As one ages, the temptation increases to spend more time looking back. Some reflection is not so bad. Too much is debilitating. Right now, when things seem to be turning so sour, the pull seems stronger. Weren’t there better times? Weren’t there moments when just being with someone special was the most
Some expert financial prognosticators are predicting huge downturns in the economy before this year is out. They are basing their assessments on history, indicators of past downturns influenced by international finance and those having impact on the US economy. Seniors will do well not to discount their conclusions. We elders should also not jump to a panic response. The real question is what do senior citizens do if this state of affairs persists and gets worse before it gets better?
Careful, prudent, non reactive, incisive, and conservative judgment are among the best stances to assume. Even so, choices now can come too late. Jumping on a bandwagon with too few members of the band knowing how to play their instruments is not a decision of choice. Hoping you have enough stashed away in protected investments, whatever that now means, may provide
From my personal travel experiences in the Dominican Republic I can only say GO FOR IT! There are many tourists now who find this island a paradise for great food, great accommodations and great weather. Tourists who come to the island are initially attracted by the magnificent golden sand beaches along its 1,400km (870-mile) coastline. [...]
Senior citizens everywhere search for the latest research, information and advice about the dreaded disease, Alzheimer’s. It is fatal, eventually, and so far there is no cure. It sometimes hits as early as the 50s; that kind is known as ‘Early Onset Alzheimer’s’. For most who succumb to the illness, onset occurs in the 70s. [...]
