At The Five Forks

Episode 12 - How Do You Fill Your Days in Retirement?

People often ask retirees, "What Do You Do All Day"? .. The answer is whatever you want to.  Today's episode takes a look as some ways you can fill your days with meaningful items that will help you get the most out of your retirement years.   Maybe you have some other ideas and if so I would like to hear them, so leave me a message. Thanks for listening. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2272403/open_sms] Support the show [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/atthefive] Thanks for listening! Follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook

Episode 11 - Rediscovering Hobbies / Reading

Since I retired, I've had the time to get back to some hobbies that have meant a lot to me over the years, but while working, I just didn't have the time to devote to them.  I'm now taking full advantage of that and in today's episode I'll talk a little about my rediscovered love of reading. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2272403/open_sms] Support the show [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/atthefive] Thanks for listening! Follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook

Episode 10 - Podcast Milestone

Today's episode is a short one, but I just wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate a podcast milestone and say thanks to all of my loyal listeners.  Most beginner podcasts stop long before episode 10, so thanks to you we celebrate. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2272403/open_sms] Support the show [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/atthefive] Thanks for listening! Follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook

Episode 9 - Super Agers

The first time I heard the term Super Ager, was from an article in the November 2023 AARP Bulletin.  I initially thought that they were using some catchy phrase to describe people who at lived to some age milestone, but that’s not all of it.  There really is a category of older humans that are classified as “Super Agers”.  The AARP article defined a Super Ager as “someone over 80 with an exceptional memory—one at least as good as a person 20 to 30 years younger”.  I was fascinated by the concept and decided to investigate it a little further and found that there are quite a few studies, either past or current that have been designed to determine how this happens and are there commonalities among those within the classification.  And the cognitive abilities of the so-called Super Agers are more than just a good memory.   Today, I want to look at some common traits that super agers possess.  Is it possible to turn ourselves into a super ager and are there negative impacts to living deep into our 80s, 90s or beyond 100. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2272403/open_sms] Support the show [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/atthefive] Thanks for listening! Follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook

Episode 8 - Things That Can Hurt Your Retirement

Last week, we looked at some ways to make our retirement a success.  Today, we'll go over a few ways, that if we're not careful, can wreck our retirement.  Don't let these pitfalls of retirement ruin what you've worked so hard for. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2272403/open_sms] Support the show [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/atthefive] Thanks for listening! Follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook