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Your First Job in Retirement: It Has Nothing to Do With Money
Most people spend decades planning how to retire financially. Surprisingly few spend even an afternoon planning what they'll actually do once they get there. That's a mistake. Your first job in retirement isn't managing your investments—that's important, but not job #1. What's Your Most Important Job in Retirement? So just what is Job #1? The answer is a lot simpler…...
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Lenox is a small, seasonal town in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts. The official population is about 5,000 but it swells to many times that in the summer. Over the years many famous wealthy people made this their summer home; it also became known for its many cultural activities. The biggest thing going on here is Tanglewood, the summer…...
Apex is a fast-growing town of about 63,000(2021) that is just west of Raleigh, North Carolina. The population grew by 211% between 2000-2021 - an indication of its popularity as a retirement community. Apex's motto is "The Peak of Good Living". The restored downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A recent visitor described it as…...
Westfield is a small city of 41,000 in western Massachusetts near Springfield and north of Hartford, CT. This is a pretty agricultural area on the edge of the Connecticut River Valley that is quite hilly, thanks to the Metacomet Ridge. There are some nice parks in town, as well as Westfield State University. The parks are: Amelia Park Ice Rink…...
Sewanee is a small town in south-central Tennessee, on the Cumberland Plateau between Nashville and Chattanooga, and offers scenic vistas of nearby valleys as sits at an elevation of 1,920 feet. It is best known as home to The University of the South, or more commonly called “Sewanee”. The population of Sewanee is a little over 2,000, most of whom are…...