| Reinventing Retirement: 389 Bright Ideas About Family, Friends, Health, What to Do, and Where to Live | 
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Sales Rank: 102445
Category: Book
Author: Miriam Goodman
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Studio: Chronicle Books
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Label: Chronicle Books
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: Spi
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 8.7 x 1
ISBN: 0811859819
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.79
EAN: 9780811859813
ASIN: 0811859819
Publication Date: March 5, 2008
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Product Description
With 76 million baby boomers on the cusp of retirement in the U.S. alone, it's time to look beyond finances and examine how ending traditional, full-time work impacts every aspect of life. Author Miriam Goodman has interviewed hundreds of retirees on the subjects of home, marriage, family, friends, hobbies, health, and even on going back to part- or full-time work. Their insights will help readers create their personalized strategy for an active and fulfilling retirement?whether that means sailing around the world, starting a new business, or moving to be closer to grandchildren. A workbook format with tabbed sections makes it easy to access the highly practical information that makes Reinventing Retirement an essential guide to this exciting new phase of life.
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 not what it's cracked up to be May 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Touted as several hundred new ideas about retirement, it is a rehash of old material. The tips (ideas) are not separated out. Reads very quickly.
 A "must read" for everyone over 40. April 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book will make you smile while it provides you with lots of practical information and valuable insights. Anyone who is retired, is contemplating retirement, lives with a retiree, or has a parent, relative or friend who's retired or contemplating retirement should drop everything else they're doing and read this book today. It's chock full of great information as well as fascinating true stories that illustrate the author's points. It's a very "easy read" that entertains as it educates and informs.
It's well organized and easy to follow, valuable as a refence book when you just want to look up a particular topic as well as for reading the entire book straight through. Two thumbs up!
Thinking about retiring?? April 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is so upbeat and user friendly that it should be the first book any retiree or potential retiree ever reads. It is full of information and stories from real people who have succeeded and learned important lessons about their plans for retirement.
The author breaks down the different issues one needs to consider in retirement, realizing that it is not a decision that can be made in a vacuum. All members of the family are involved in one's retirement, even if they are not living in the same house, and the author even points out the alternatives to moving or staying put. She suggests trips to check out retirement communities before selling your house, points out that moving to be near your granchildren has its pros and cons, and describes the different kinds of travel arrangements available to older travelers. She also deals with memoir writing and protecting your heirs, not the usual stuff one sees in retirement books.
The book is colorful and beautifullly designed. A must read!
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