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Share Your Experience: Tips on Being a Fabulous Grandparent

Category: Family and Retirement

August 3, 2016 – Two weeks ago your editor became a grandparent for the first time. Having just about the most beautiful, precious child in the universe made us think – how can we help her become the best and happiest person she can be, and what can we do…

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Published on August 2, 2016
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A Retirement Town So Pretty It Hurts – Edenton, NC

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

August 3, 2016 — Sometimes you visit a possible retirement town that is just so darn pretty you can’t stand it. Edenton, North Carolina is one of those. Here is where you can find our more detailed review of Edenton. But it proved to be such a…

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Published on August 3, 2016
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Baby Boomer’s Retirement Survival Guide

Category: Retirement Planning

August 9, 2016 — If you are retired or just about to retire, congratulations – this retirement survival guide is for you! You have earned your retirement – and we wish you the greatest happiness. This survival article will give you some basic guidelines for making it the happy and…

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Published on August 9, 2016
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10 Prettiest Retirement Towns

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

August 17, 2016 — Note: We are pleased that MarketWatch published a version of this story on their site with beautiful photos – “10 Prettiest Places to Retire“. Talk about job for King Solomon, how could anyone judge the 10 prettiest retirement towns in America? There are just…

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Published on August 16, 2016
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How Topretirements Got Started – An Interview on JungleRedWriters

Category: General Retirement Issues

August 16, 2018 – 10 years ago this month Topretirements.com came out of the ether and appeared on the world wide web. It didn’t look like much, but there was some pretty good (if limited) information. Since that time we’ve had several redesigns and make overs, and the new content…

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Published on August 18, 2016
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The Infinite Possibilities of Volunteering: Tell Us About Your Experiences

Category: Work and Volunteering

August 23, 2016 — One of the often overlooked challenges of retirement is how you will stay busy and engaged over time. You might think that you’ll be happy just by kicking back and relaxing, but that is not generally how humans are built. In that regard we are a…

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Published on August 22, 2016
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Case Study: How Robert and Jan Planned Their Retirement

Category: Retirement Planning

August 30, 2016 — One of our longstanding Members, Robert M, suggested that we interview our early subscribers who are still members and see how Topretirements and its community have helped them over the years. This is his and his wife Jan’s retirement planning story – which is still going…

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Published on August 29, 2016
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Digital Legacy – Or Digital Mess – What Will You Leave Your Loved Ones?

Category: Estate Planning

August 31, 2016 — Consider this unpleasant scenario: You go to bed tonight and don’t wake up. Instead, you go on to your greater reward, leaving a saddened spouse, family, and friends. They, on the other hand, are about to find out how well you prepared for this event. While…

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Published on August 30, 2016
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