There’s a new term in the career planning block that jobless seniors or soon-to-retire-but-must-look-for-a-job seniors need to learn; the word for today is “transferable skills”. You might be wondering why you need to know about it since your resume must be looking spanking good after a hundred revisions. Well, your transferable skills may be the one your potential employer is looking for and you just missed it out on your [...]

Oftentimes, decisions about caring for a loved-one come in haste such that you may find yourself being the family-appointed caregiver without them ever consulting you and just because you are either the most convenient amongst family members or you allow people to push you over. Not that you are against the decision since this is a loved-one needing help however, caregiving, as you should know, is much more than that. [...]

I can still remember the day when I found myself cringing to every turn and sharp exits my mom made, she was 70+ years old then. That was also the day I firmly put my foot down and made her surrender the keys. Fortunately for me, she was more than ready to do so and was just too proud to ask to be driven around. I was ready for a [...]

To kick-start the New Year, we are off to discussing one of my favorite subjects:  online store. Online stores are really simple in principle and it works both ways for sellers and consumers however, it can get really confusing setting up one since there are about thousands of “e-commerce gurus” out there claiming to have the “secret formula” to your online store success. We, seniors, should not be fooled by [...]

We seniors do love to entertain! Having a group of people over for the holidays make the occasion more worthwhile and cherished however, entertaining has its own downside as well since most of the time it tends to break our piggybanks! In other words, seniors have to choose between penniless-but-with-company or with-some-money-but-alone. Well now, there are some ways to fix this dilemma and still be entertaining after holidays even you’re [...]

Now that the holidays are almost over—read: “almost” over as I am sure there are still some of you seniors still partying to the tune of “post-holiday” songs—we now need to pay attention to our holiday-abused bodies. The unfairness of it, as to what I see and feel, is that for every party you get yourself into, there would be ten times the effort to get the body right. With [...]