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This book compels us to think about our legacy and consider how we would feel if we knew our life would soon be over.
“This book could just as well be called ‘A Travel Guide to the Journey that Matters Most — Your Life.’ Lyndsay Green has done a fabulous job of answering all the essential life questions that loom for all of us, and she does it with grace, humour and fastidious research. Her message is clear and most welcome: there’s still plenty of time to get it right…” Roy MacGregor, author of Canoe Country
Here’s a short video of Lyndsay talking about one of her earlier books: https://youtu.be/I0lf5JyaDeg
For information on all of Lyndsay’s books: http://www.lyndsaygreen.com/the-books/
]]>Lloyd Axworthy, recently appointed Chairman of CUSO International, outlines plans to develop projects with aboriginal organizations in Canada, and to involve aboriginal people as volunteers.
Link: CUSO International
]]>Debra Wutke, Program Manager for Business Management in the Continuing Education division of Red River College describes the paid and volunteer opportunities for retired people in her college:
Many retirees get satisfaction mentoring young people in their field; an ideal place to pass on your experience is at colleges and universities that hire skilled people on short-term contracts to teach continuing education students, and in some cases, full-time students as well. Alternatively, colleges often invite experienced people to volunteer as guest lecturers once in a term.
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They emphasized that, in the post-career phase of work, you shouldn’t expect the same level of responsibility and authority as in your career.
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Riding a bicycle day after day, supported by a tour company that finds the route, moves the luggage, books the hotels, and arranges the meals is a close and personal way to see the world at a leisurely pace. We saw, smelled, felt, tasted and heard amazing things along the way. This was not a race. Nor were my fellow riders hard core athletes; there was quite a range of people.
Here’s how some of them describe their experiences on this trip:
Tourdafrique.com offers a number of similar trips on different routes. Some involve camping every night, others use hotels.
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In a number of experiments with older adults, Danielle has found that walking is the most popular exercise, but only 7% walk fast enough to boost their heart rates and get the full benefit of vigorous exercise.
The Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines call for 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per week for boomers. She recommends that people use a heart rate monitor to walk at 55%-70% of their maximum heart rate, or use a simple pedometer to learn to walk over 100 paces a minute. “If you are taking the time to walk, might as well optimize that outing by hitting the target heart rate.”
The banks and investment firms are all saying “save more or else your retirement will be grim”. Their surveys are telling us that Canadians can’t afford to retire. Little wonder #retirement gets such a bad reputation.
And yet, the #boomers are the richest generation in history, so why can’t they afford to retire early?
Reading between the lines, the problem is too much spending.
We boomers are also big spenders — and borrowers.
The high spending lifestyle is unsustainable, except for the wealthiest among us.
Time to bring back the concept of “frugal retiree”.
I met Ralph on a 2 month bike ride in India. He is an excellent example of a frugal retiree living a very full life:
Also worth watching: The Globe and Mail’s Rob Carrick’s video interview on the “Whatever happened to the frugal senior”, focusing on “breaking the consumption habit”.
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