The World’s Beaches and Sideroads Await You: Can Simply Learning How to Write a Book Actually Allow You to Retire Before Age 90, AND Give You More Play Time Now?
August 10, 2009 by Anne
Filed under Anne Holmes, Blog, Entrepreneurs, Work, Money & Retirement
Remember how frustrated you got as a kid when you found yourself stuck in the classroom on a beautiful spring day? All you wanted was to get outside so you could play…
But you couldn’t. Because until that end of day school bell rang, you were tied to your desk, with work to do. You know; math, and reading and penmanship… The stuff they said you had to master in order to get a good job when you grew up…
Fast forward to the present.
You’re grown up now and toiling away at that job you worked so hard to get. The job you now can’t afford to leave. Outside, it’s a balmy, breezy summer day, the kind of day that we all dream about – perfect weather for all good Baby Boomers who would still prefer to be playing outdoors, except now you want to be: Read more
Bucket List Redux: Is Starting Your Personal Dream List Frustrating You? Or Maybe You’ve Got the List, But You Can’t Figure Out How to “Make It Happen?”
September 16, 2008 by Anne
Filed under Anne Holmes, Blog, Work, Money & Retirement
Clearly the desire to create a list of things you want to experience before you die; a “dream” – or “bucket” – list is popular with Baby Boomers. It’s also exciting many of you who are a bit older…
After our recent post about making a “Bucket List,” one of our readers shared his story of his lifelong dream of sailing a boat around the Eastern half of the United States. He said he’d envisioned the trip this way:
- He’d start in the Midwest, sailing from the Upper Mississippi River down to New Orleans
- Then he’d sail out into the Gulf, around Florida via the Intercoastal Waterway
- Next lap would be up the Atlantic Coast, into the Chesapeake Bay
- Continue west into New York, down the Erie Canal
- Onward through the Canadian Heritage Canals and through the Great Lakes
- Finally he would complete the circle, sailing back to the Mississippi River
Amazingly, He Actually Completed His Dream Trip This Summer, At the Age of 78. Along the Way, He Found Out That:
