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Tag Archives: retirement savings

New Year’s Check-Up
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January 4, 2018 by Jean

One of my favorite rituals for New Year’s Day is to review the year that has just ended and make …
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Category: Aging, Emotional responses, health, Retirement finances, Social relationships | Tags: aging, budgeting, retirement finances, retirement savings, well-being
New Year’s Check-Up: Money and Time
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January 3, 2017 by Jean

When I retired in 2014, I didn’t have any doubts about doing so. I did have some anxieties, however, about …
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Category: Retirement finances, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, intellectual stimulation, Maine Music Society Chorale, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, retirement, retirement finances, retirement savings, time utilization, volunteer work
What Does It Mean to Be Rich?
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April 11, 2016 by Jean

I’ve been kept away from blogging recently by the intense rehearsal schedule leading up to my Beethoven concert. Even though …
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Category: Reading, Retirement finances | Tags: Joseph Siglitz, retirement finances, retirement savings, The Great Divide, U.S. Census Bureau, wealth distribution in the United States
Transitioning to Retirement: From Saving to Spending
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December 21, 2013 by Jean

Most of the financial advice about retirement is about how to save for retirement; but the transition to retirement is …
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Category: Retirement finances, Retirement transition | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, retirement, retirement finances, retirement planning, retirement savings, TIAA-CREF
Time And A Million Dollars
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June 20, 2013 by Jean

For many, the dream of retirement is about having the luxury of time to do things that work never left …
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Category: Living, Retirement finances, Retirement planning | Tags: anxiety-avoidance cycle, Huffington Post, HuffPost Live, Mark Miller, retirement, retirement finances, retirement planning, retirement savings, Sandi Bachom

I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

Please join me as I step into my future.

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