Posts Tagged ‘Reinventing Your Life’
Tip #162: Build Muscle Tone NOW!
Retirement Yenta has been doing a not-so-scientific study among her father and members of her father’s generation. Papa RY is 85 and he goes to the gym every day, where he works hard to keep his muscle tone. Members of his generation are always telling your dear Yenta that, had they known better, they would have taken better care of themselves when they were young. This little Yenta recently read an article in the NY Times about how keeping muscle tone is the new buzz in the medical community. With this in mind, Retirement Yenta strongly recommends you start building muscle tone now, so you are nice and strong when you start getting a little older. The more you have now, the less muscle loss will effect you when you are old.
Tip #160: Consider Partial Retirement
That’s right, Retirement Yenta is not yet ready to retire. She’s been “trying it on” for a while now…a week or two here and there. What your dear Yenta has noticed is that she enjoys having projects and work to do. By the end of a second week of “practice retirement,” this little Yenta is chomping at the bit to get back to work. Retirement Yenta has a friend who says “idle hands are the devil’s playground”–and she knows how easy it is to get bored and stir up some trouble. SO, dear Readers, with this in mind, Retirement Yenta urges you to consider stepping into the Retirement Pool slowly–one toe at a time. Consider backing off your hours at your job and starting to find your way around life with free time…this way it won’t come as a shock to your system when you go “full time retiree status.”
Tip #153: Clean Your Bookshelves
Retirement Yenta is all about becoming more Zen and living with fewer possessions. Books have a tendency to collect on your bookshelves and then, once read, they begin to collect dust. Your dear Yenta has a new solution for you! Sell your books at www.cash4books.net or www.sellbackyourbook.com. It’s simple enough–all you have to do is type in ISBN numbers and they will give you an offer. This little Yenta says: Sell ya books, not only will you sell a book, you will make a buck!
Tip #151: Look Up and Let Go!
Retirement Yenta’s little boychik (son) is taking a trip to Israel and is heading out tomorrow. Her sweet tokhter (daughter) is off at summer camp. Seeing her kinderlekh (children) growing up gives this little Yenta some anxiety. Oy Veh! What’s a Yenta to do? Well, dear Readers, Retirment Yenta has the solution: Look Up and Let Go! Your dear Yenta knows that anxiety is a self-defeating attitude and is now thinking about the good time her kids are going to have! This alleviates her fears. Plus, she knows that if all else fails, don’t worry, she’ll have a cocktail and just let everything go in one ear and out her liver.
Tip #150: Congratulate Yourself (Mazel Tov, Retirement Yenta!)
Here at the Retirement Yenta Home, we are raising a glass of the Yenta’s favorite Baron Herzog not mevushal wine and shouting “L’chayim” to the mountain tops! (We all know how this Yenta loves a good party.) Yes, that’s right, dear Readers, Retirement Yenta has made it to another milestone. No, she has not retired. Nooooo, her children are not out of the house–Oy Gevalt, will summer camp ever begin?!?! This little Yenta is wishing herself a big fat Mazel Tov for sharing 150 retirement tips. Today, like every day, Retirement Yenta has some advice for you: Dearest Readers, celebrate every milestone, no matter how small. Enjoy your life. Celebrate! Celebrate! Celebrate! L’chayim to all!
Tip #149: Delay Retirement
Retirement Yenta realizes that she has given advice to retire sooner rather than later. Well, this little Yenta (like any other sheine Maidel) has the right to change her mind. Recently, Retirement Yenta has enjoyed her work so much, she doesn’t know what she would do without it. Every project that crosses her desk is better than the last. Oy Gevalt! What’s a Yenta to do? This little Yenta has decided to enjoy herself in her work and stay in the race a little longer. Retirement Yenta says: If you love your work (and only if you do), stay on the job. It’s better than the flu.
Tip #148: Don’t Disconnect
Retirement Yenta occasionally misplaces her things. That happens when you are as busy as a beaver giving advice and preparing for your impending retirement. Once, your dear Yenta searched for hours and hours for her readers, only to find them atop her own head. The one thing this little Yenta cannot go without is her phone–AND, it is one of the easiest things for her to misplace. With this in mind, your dear Yenta suggests you keep a landline or another cell close by for those times when you lose your cell phone. Retirement Yenta says: Keep your land line wired for the times when you are tired and can’t find your phone. You can call yourself–like ET: Phone Home.
Tip #145: Pick A “Puzzle”– Solve It!
Retirement Yenta believes in a good challenge. She also believes that learning to do new things will keep your brain active and thus keep it from developing Senior Amnesic Syndrom (a.k.a SASs). Yep, that’s a fancy way of saying “becoming forgetful.” (Retirement Yenta feels fancy today.) Recently, your dear Yenta set a challenge for herself. She took on a work related puzzle and really had to dig around to solve it. Let me tell you, Missy, this Yenta learned a lot and has benefited from that challenge. She also feels revived and excited to do more work like this. Retirement Yenta says: “be like Peter Piper, Pick a Peck of Pickled Peppers and Puzzles…and solve it!”
