Tag Archive: "retirement"
Posted On: February 8, 2020
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To everything there is a season: A time to work, a time to play.
The BreakAway Crew has been selling sabbatical lifestyles since 2008. Yet we’re always delighted when bigger influencers like Forbes and the Fool affirm our Big…
Posted On: July 13, 2019
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Summer is super-active; even the loons are busy dodging looping boats. The interns keep chasing after more BITN bits—just ahead. And I’m attending a retiring party tonight for an educator who walks away with full…
Posted On: July 24, 2014
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Thank goodness the good people at Meet Plan Go offered me a gig to write about Baby Boomer travel and career breaks—or this blog might get lost on Summer BreakAway. That said, I’ve been enjoying…
Posted On: July 1, 2014
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USA Today (today) offers a story/survey about workers in their 40s and 50s. And—guess what!—what they want most in their careers is better work-life balance and less stress. The only thing regarded as more important…
Posted On: December 18, 2013
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Well, well, well. Just when some might think the Career Break movement has taken a break of its own, the WSJ pumps out a powerful article about Baby Boomers embracing the “Midlife ‘Gap’ Year.”
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Posted On: March 16, 2012
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A group of guy pals celebrated a friend’s retirement last week. He’s earned it; he’s ready. So what’s next?
I have no idea!”
he answered with a cunning grin.
He does still have a kid…
Posted On: October 24, 2010
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I couldn’t be happier that the career break movement is finally getting legs.
But I’m also acutely aware that many people who used to be racing toward retirement are finding themselves stuck in an increasingly…
Posted On: September 26, 2009
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photo by Kirk Horsted
This darn recession shows little sign of mellowing. Oh sure, the economic indicators and trading markets look better. But without the infusion of massive (borrowed) cash courtesy of Uncle Sam, we’d…
