Articles Posted by Bill Leavitt
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Retirement: Life’s greatest adventure
Fitness May Not Be All It Is Cracked Up to Be by Bill Leavitt, author of Retirement: Life’s Greatest Adventure We’ve all heard that in order to have a long and healthy retirement, we should get…
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Retirement: Life’s Greatest Adventure
Setting Goals Can Be Satisfying by Bill Leavitt, author of Retirement: Life’s Greatest Adventure Many people feel that setting goals is a path to disappointment. They’re wrong. A goal is simply a result or accomplishment that you work…
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Retirement; Life’s Greatest Adventure
An interesting comedy TV show we sometimes watch on cable is called “The Kaminski Method.” It features Michael Douglas and several other “older” stars, such as Alan Arkin, and deals with some of the issues that…
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Retirement: Life’s Greatest Adventure
Take responsibility for your own health As retirees, most of us have medical or health issues — or soon will have. I personally have a total of six doctors for various medical issues I am dealing…
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Retirement: Life’s Greatest Adventures
Don’t worry, be happy, prioritize Busy lives often give people too much to do and that can lead to stress and frustration. Whether you are in your working years or enjoying retirement, stress can adversely affect…
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Retirement: Life’s Greatest Adventure
During my working years I became an authority on “time management.” I commuted to downtown Chicago and worked long hours. Also, I was involved in several organizations. To get everything done, I developed techniques for efficiently utilizing my…
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Retirement: Life’s Greatest Adventure Caring for pets can cure seniors’ boredom, loneliness
Pets are more popular than ever. During the pandemic, stay-at-home families and others adopted pets in record numbers. Why? Because pets are a great cure for loneliness. When they have a pet, families stuck at home for weeks and…
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Tips for helping senior consumers practice Buyer Beware
I can’t count the number of times in my lifetime I have been told “Buyer Beware,” but that warning has never been truer than it is today. And seniors are most vulnerable because we were…
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Adventures in Retirement Answers to ‘words from our past quiz’
Most of the words in last month’s quiz have interesting stories behind them. Those of us who were around in the 1940s will find most of them to be familiar. However, few of us know what each…
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Test our smarts, multiple choice
Guess what the following terms mean or where they are from. Sign the statement that indicates you have not cheated: “I promise that I have not used a dictionary or the internet to find these…
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