Retiring With Enough

Send us a text“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt. Starting a fitness program doesn’t have to be elaborate or expensive. Most people can begin a basic fitness program with clothing and items normally found around a home. A simple program requires only commitment and a few inexpensive items.If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a textEach week my approach is to combine stretching, weightlifting, and aerobic activities in different ways to provide a rounded training program. Vince Lombardi is quoted  as saying: “Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.”  If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a textIn horse racing parlance, my wife and I are approaching the clubhouse turn. Like racehorses near the end of a race, we have begun our sprint to the finish line. For us, the finish line will be the completion of our move into our new home.If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a text“Don’t give up. The beginning is always the hardest. Life rewards those who keep pushing through the challenges.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (1988)The saga continues as we purchase our new home and begin renovations. How are things going?If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a textIn my last podcast (The Big Move), I spoke about our decision to purchase another home in a more upscale area of our hometown. I went over all of the pros and cons of our decision. This podcast discusses the financial decisions about the purchase of our new home.If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a textAfter relocating to a different city within the same state about 10 years ago, my wife and I are moving again. This home will be our fourth “Forever” home. It seems apparent that our residential “nesting“ decisions are not written in concrete.If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a textTroughs are utilized to feed pigs. The problem with a trough is that only so many pigs can eat at any given time. The pigs push and force each other away from the trough to gain access to food. In this manner, new and dominant pigs will force their way to the trough and replace the pigs currently eating.If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a textThe goal of the Retiring With Enough blog and podcast has always been to simplify retirement planning and retirement. As I approach my 100th blog and podcast, I thought it would be interesting to take a retrospective look at some of my earlier blogs and podcasts.If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a textI realized that “planning is planning,” and how many similarities there are between business planning and Retirement Planning. There are necessary steps in business plans, and there are necessary steps in retirement planning. A sequential and organized approach to both business and retirement planning will produce the best results.If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us a textI finished my Roth conversions several years ago. I was pleased, and congratulated myself for my financial savvy! But now Older Me is telling Younger Me that maybe I was not as smart as I thought I was!If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share