There’s no absolution for the sins of retirement; you need to get it right the first time. Here’s how… — The modern version of the seven deadly sins offers helpful advice on how to live a good life. Reasonable people can disagree on some of them, but generally, we should be honest and rational citizens of the world. And we should be nice to each other. Nice people tend to…

The best answer was: “Death! I’m avoiding death. So far so good.” They also say you should avoid “Wet toilet paper” and “Cattle.” — I belong to a Facebook group that consists mostly of retirees. We love to get into discussions about what’s good and bad about retirement, what we do all day, and which joints are getting stiff. It’s a lively group, with a good sense of humor and I’ve enjoyed the banter…

A writing prompt to entice me into revealing the heretofore hidden secrets of my youth. It worked — here you go. — “What will retirement be like?” never crossed my mind when I was in high school. I was too obsessed with more important questions like girls, cars, college, and freedom. So, here I am now, retired (I finally found the freedom), relaxed, and reading stories on Medium. …

How do you match up? Here’s how much seniors (and other age groups) earn and spend. — Will your money last through retirement? The answer to that question depends on how wisely you spend it. Experts say that longevity risk — running out of money by outliving your savings — may be your biggest worry in retirement. One way to mitigate the problem is to benchmark your…

In 4 simple steps, you’ll learn to master the art of insufferable intolerance at home, alone, in your spare time. — Course prerequisites: Before we begin the lessons, please verify that you’re old, both chronologically and mentally. You need to have lost faith (or better yet, never had it) in the intrinsic kindness of humanity. You also need to be deeply disgruntled, so much so that the very thought of collaboration, compassion, and…

Everybody loves to bash Artificial Intelligence systems like ChatGPT, but there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic — People fear change, it’s a natural reaction to the unknown. “The human body will rip apart at those speeds!” said critics of steam-powered trains in 1825. “Television will destroy families and make people anti-social and lazy,” said the critics in 1927. “Video games will lobotomize our children.”

Do you like seafood? Warm water? 80-degree weather? How about Mayan ruins, coral, sunsets, English, and friendly people? — It didn’t hit me until the third week when we were traveling from Belize City on the coast to the inland pueblo of San Ignacio. Belize is a truly amazing place. “The Amish and Mennonites settled here many decades ago,” said our driver, Wayne. He pointed to a cart half-filled…

This AI (Artificial Intelligence) engine that everyone is gushing about gives shockingly good retirement advice. And it’s fun too! — Have you heard of it? ChatGPT? It’s a “natural language program” that you can chat with. It’s a software program from a company called OpenAI (Microsoft has funded them to the tune of billions). Similar to Google and Bing, you can ask it questions and it provides responses. But instead…

I threw away a boomerang a few years ago. Now I live in constant fear. — I love dad jokes, especially the dumb ones — you know, the ones where you roll your eyes and say “unggh.” Also I’m a dad so I have a few of my own (which are genuinely funny of course). But I have to be honest here: I didn’t write these…