Real Life Retirement    



Real Life Retirement's goal is to help you make the most of your retirement.  You will learn about the  many options you have after leaving a primary career --whether retiring at 55 or 65 or 75.   It is an outgrowth of the actual real life experiences of myself, my friends and acquaintances.  We are resourceful people who have sometimes made non-traditional choices and believe that fun and money and good health should go hand in hand at all ages.  

It is also an outgrowth of a lot of misperceptions and false images of what "retiring" really is.  The image so often presented is that retirees sit in the sun, take daily walks,  do a little volunteer work or maybe a hobby and visit the grandchildren from time to time.  

 Instead, retirement these days can be the beginning of a new phase of life, one that includes personal growth, new ideas and exploration of the world--quite often free from heavy financial responsibilities. 

 The people mentioned on this site retired at ages varying from early 50s to early 70s.  All names  have been changed to protect the individual's privacy.  The stories are real, the names are not. 

Carol Lightwood May 2006.JPG (14226 bytes) Carol Lightwood, the Publisher/Editor of Real Life Retirement worked as a financial writer for over 20 years.  She now develops her own websites, including:

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