Retirement and the Single Woman

How to use Facebook when you're over 50

Dorothy Sander, from the eHow website (tagline: How to Do Just About Everything), writes, 'More and more of the over 50 crowd are swarming onto FaceBook because it opens doors for communication with friends and family throughout the world. Letter writing seems to have become a thing of the past, but FaceBook can provide you with as much, or as little, connection as you want.'

And, just in case you haven't a clue how to get started on Facebook, Dorothy has written a handy, step-by-step guide to help you do just that: How to Use Facebook When You're Over 50.  Go on!  'Friend' your grandkids and embarrass the heck out of them!

15 Places to make money creating your own products

Who hasn't dreamed about making a living selling something they've created?  Maybe it's that book you wrote that's still sitting in a drawer at home, or that great fabric design that you doodled on the back of a napkin whilst you were waiting for your lunch to be served.

Nowadays, print-on-demand technology has made it possible for anyone to create and sell goods over the Internet with few or no up-front costs and without the need to turn your entire home into a warehouse and your long-suffering family members into order pickers and packers.  Mashable.com has created a roundup of 15 great print-on-demand sites that will help you create and sell everything a whole range of products including t-shirts, coffee mugs, books, skateboards, board games and fabric. 

Cruise packing advice from an expert

A recent find is the Journeywoman website which, deservedly, boasts the tagline: The Premier Travel Resource For Women.  It's packed full (sorry!) of resources, information, advice and travellers' tales and you're sure to find something of interest on there, including this advice about packing for a cruise from Linda Coffman, a freelance travel writer.

The Association of Retired Single Women

It gives me great pleasure to announce that my new membership site, The Association of Retired Single Women, opens for business today!

Whether you're an 'always single' woman or, like me, you're 'single again', I want you to have the happiest, healthiest, most vital, productive, energetic, prosperous and fulfilling retirement you could possibly have. At the same time, I want you to get the resources you need to help you balance having the kind of retirement you want and deserve to have, with planning to meet your future needs. That's what The Association of Retired Single Women is all about - and the good news is, it's completely free to join! In fact, you don't even need to be retired to join - if you're thinking about retirement or if you're within a few years of the traditional age for retirement, you're very welcome! All you need is the determination to get the retirement you deserve, an enquiring mind and a willingness to share your thoughts and observations with the other single women on this site.

To join, go to The Association of Retired Single Women and. if you like what you see, simply use the sign-up box on the top, right-hand side of the page and, once we've approved your application (just to make sure you're not a spammer), you'll be able to read the blog posts, watch videos, check out the resources and get involved with the discussions.

I hope you find the network to be informative and inspirational and look forward to reading your comments and thoughts on our forum.

Thought provokers: Regrets

If you got hit by a bus tomorrow, what would you regret not doing?  What would you regret not saying?  Where would you regret not travelling to?

What's the first step? 

Thought Provokers: About voluntary work

'Investing time in a community organization or a charity because you are a helpful and kind person is not the same as doing it because you feel passionately about contributing to a greater good or making the world more beautiful or friendly.'

Karen Gail Lewis

Do you agree with the above statement?

What kinds of voluntary work have you done/considered because you are a helpful and kind person?

What kinds of voluntary work do/would you feel passionately about?

The Get-Started-Now Guide to Becoming Self-Employed

From Leo Babauta at the Zen Habits blog:  The Get-Started-Now Guide to Becoming Self-Employed

 

12 Ways to travel the world for free...

I think this article is probably aimed at younger world travellers but it might give you a few ideas...  Don't recommend you do as one of the commenters advocates and 'snag' a free breakfast and wi-fi by pretending to be a hotel guest when in the US, however!

10 Reasons why you're not losing that weight

Who'd have thought that cranking up the air conditioning could sabotage your chances of losing weight? Or getting up early in the morning for a work-out? Read 10 Reasons You're Not Losing That Weight to discover how you could be inadvertently jeopardizing your weight loss goals.

The Ultimate Guide to Conquering Your Clutter

This is it.  Everything you need to know: Living Simply.