Retirement Is Getting a Bad Rap

The Art of Retirement seems to getting harder by the day.

Here are some more recent story headlines:

Recession hits retirees living abroad
Easier (press release) - Chester,UK
Britons looking to retire abroad to traditional European destinations
such as Spain and Portugal have been warned to think twice about their
decision by the ...

Florida retirees see American dream shattered
Taipei Times - Taiwan
The Florida panhandle, home to the US’ largest population of retirees,
has become a center of financial panic. “The banks and the mortgage
companies just ...

Planadviser.com
Would-Be Retirees Plan to Work Longer
Planadviser.com - Stamford,CT,USA
Delaying retirement is one of several life adjustments pre-retirees
are making to weather the current economic climate. CPA financial
planners surveyed by ...

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7 Money Myths by Joe Vitale

Where are you financially today?

We are hearing a lot about a recession and how many people are having money problems. The key is to see opportunity in financial adversity.

Here are 7 Money Myths as provided by Joe Vitale in one of his recent blog entry.

1. Saving is not as powerful in attracting money as giving. The more money you give, from a heart of love and to wherever you feel inspired, the more you will receive.
2. Stocks are not as secure as acting on ideas. Money making ideas are gifts from the Universe; act fast on them and you can prosper fast.
3. Planning for your retirement isn’t as powerful as living now with an awareness of your future. Putting off your enjoyment of life is pushing away your current prosperity.
4. Investing in real estate isn’t as rewarding as investing in yourself. The more you expand your awareness and education, the more you can see the opportunities to make more money.
5. Beliefs such as money is the root of all evil block prosperity. The lack of money is actually the root of all evil. Being detached but respectful toward money will help you attract it.
6. Scarcity is a function of the mind; so is abundance. Human creativity can solve any problem and find ways to profit along the way.
7. Practical spending isn’t as wise as enthusiastic spending. When you buy something that helps you feel good, you increase your energy vibration, feel better about yourself, and tend to do more things to make more money.

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Retirement Jobs Can Be Fun and Profitable

According to Retirement Statistics Canada, more than 300,000 Canadians 65 or older worked in 2001.

• 57% were 65-69


• 26% were 70-74


• 17% were 75 or older

If you are going to work in your retirement years, why not work at a fun retirement job?

Jobs during retirement can be fun and profitabled if you create an internet business.

Here’s a list of websites or blogs that are making lots of money. This list came from A Dawn Journal by Ahmed Dawn.

• Boing Boing Makes over $1 million a year.


• Mashable This technology blog makes roughly $165,000 a month.


• Darren Rowse Estimated earnings between $120,000 to $1,200,000. He pioneered moneymaking techniques in blogging.


• Steve Pavlina Personal Development Guru. He makes $480,000 annually from blogging activities.


• Plenty of Fish Markus Frind, a Canadian, makes $5 to $10 million a year from this free dating site.


• Ashley Qualls Seventeen year old high school dropout makes $75,000 a month from her website.

This list of people making loads and loads of money on the Internet can be expanded with you on it and you can do this in your retirement years.

Check the Top 10 Retirement Jobs on the Real Success Resource Center

And Retirement Jobs on Suidoo

Australian Retirees Having Money Problems

The Association of Independent Retirees says a poor financial year worldwide has put its members on the bread line.

Queensland president Helen Sava says over the last financial year retirees who have savings invested in stock have lost 50 per cent of their value while superannuants' investments have also declined. She says retirees are preparing for a mini-recession.

"They're taking the wise approach at the moment and not selling, they're holding on to them just waiting to see what sort of dividends they're going to get," she said.

"The superannuants, their funds are down between 15 and 30 per cent depending on which fund they're in and this is giving them a very lean living at the moment and it's forecast to last for at least another 12 months."


The money you enjoy spending frivolously to enhance your retirement is money well spent.
— from How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor by Ernie J. Zelinski




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