There is something magical about the moment we wake up from a dream. Perhaps you have had one of those nights. You are walking along a quiet path, and suddenly the scene changes. A friend appears who you have not seen in years. A door opens onto a landscape you have never visited. In dreams, […]

 I have been sitting with something these past few days, something that keeps circling back to me like a bird looking for a place to land. It came to me in the middle of the night, as these things often do when you are my age and sleep comes in pieces rather than in whole cloth. […]

 I have been thinking about what I wrote yesterday, about life being a question and our job being to answer. And I have been thinking about the emails and phone calls I have received since, from people my age who nodded along but admitted something I think we all feel sometimes. “I know I should […]

 As seniors, we have lived through more seasons than we can count. We have seen the world through war and peace, through depression and prosperity. I, like you went through times when the newspaper landed on the porch with news that made my father sigh, and times when it brought stories that made my mother […]

As the years go by, many of us are noticing a quiet, sobering truth: more and more of our friends are passing away. It’s a fact of life that I, and so many of you, are slowly getting used to. Yet, within this undeniable reality lies a profound and powerful secret. The very fact that […]

 Several years ago, I delivered a workshop on Technology and Seniors to a group of older adults in North Vancouver. In the audience were Grade 6 and 7 students participating in an intergenerational project. I began with a simple statement: Seniors can learn just as effectively as young people. It may take us longer, but we […]

 There is one question I hear all the time, and every time I hear it, it makes me slightly shudder. Not because it is a bad question, but because the people asking it are usually looking for the wrong kind of answer. The question is: “How much money is enough to retire?” It sounds reasonable. It […]

I was reading a post by Todd Mafifin https://todmaffin.com/ (The world between minutes) and as I have been thinking about time, it lead me to these ideas. A few months ago, I sat down with a small group of dedicated Board members to apply for a grant. It was the kind of administrative task that doesn’t […]

Lately I’ve been thinking about time, not in a grim, counting-down way, but with a quiet sense of wonder. Each additional year now feels like a bonus round, an unexpected gift. I love living, and I find myself glorying in how super-rich these years have become. I share my days with a loving partner, a […]

As you and I have explored the Four Pillars, Health, Family, Purpose, and Finances, a central theme emerges: they are inextricably interconnected and mutually reinforcing. You cannot robustly address one without touching the others. This holistic view, grounded in research from Edward Jones and updated is the blueprint for the New Retirement. The research offers […]