Tag Archives: choices

Future Challenge – Who Do You Trust with Your Health?

Posted on March 14, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

Challenge #14 We all tend to put off tasks we don’t want to think about – like making wills or assigning medical or financial proxies. If we wait too long, we may not be able to designate the people we … Continue reading →

Posted in Future Challenges, Health Issues | Tagged Advance Medical Directive, choices, Health Care Proxy, lifestyle, Senior Health | Leave a comment

Murphy’s Law and Why Everybody Needs a Plan – Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

If anything can go wrong, it will – Murphy’s Law My Scottish grandparents had lots of favorite sayings. Two that often come to mind are, “Hope for the best, but plan for the worst,” and “Murphy may have been an Irishman, … Continue reading →

Posted in Caregiving, Health Issues, Health-Diet, Information | Tagged Advance Medical Directive, choices, family, Health Care Proxy, lifestyle, Living Will, Power of attorney, Senior Health | 8 Comments

Future Challenge – How Will You Plug in and Connect?

Posted on February 28, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

Challenge #12 If you’re reading this, you connect to the internet somehow. Technology offers us a wonderful variety of entertainment, communication, and educational outlets. Over time, my beloved and I have accumulated two PC’s, two laptops, an e-reader/tablet and two … Continue reading →

Posted in Future Challenges, Technology | Tagged choices, cloud computing, computers, lifestyle, smartphones, tablets, Tech | 4 Comments

Is the Cloud Friendly? or Can We Ever Find Cyber Security?

Posted on February 26, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

I like doing the USA Today puzzles. Because they aren’t on the Kindle edition, I sometimes pick up the paper version. Although I don’t rely on this for all my hard news, I do enjoy reading the news snippets from various states, baseball … Continue reading →

Posted in Ruminations, Technology | Tagged change, choices, cloud computing, Data storage, lifestyle, online security, Protecting Data, Technology, The Cloud | 11 Comments

Future Challenge – A New Kind of Budget

Posted on February 21, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

Challenge #11 The way we budget our money and plan for the future necessarily changes over time. When we’re younger, we often take on some debt for education, to buy houses, or to otherwise invest in our long term goals. … Continue reading →

Posted in Financial Issues, Future Challenges | Tagged Budget, change, choices, Financing Retirement, lifestyle, retirement, Senior finances | 11 Comments

That’s the Way the Money Goes!

Posted on February 21, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

All around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel. The monkey stopped to scratch his nose. Pop! goes the weasel. A penny for a spool of thread, a penny for a needle – That’s the way the money goes, … Continue reading →