As much as we seniors would like to keep our kids nearby for the rest of our lives, doing so is quite impossible, not to mention inappropriate. As soon as they find a way, they fly away from home, some even as far away from home as possible. Our children’s dreams cannot be hindered by our wants and needs, in order to fulfill their own dreams, they needed to find [...]

Grief is a natural, emotional response of a human although it may vary in intensity from one human to another. Usually, a person may experience grief if he or she loses a loved-one or mourning for the death of someone very close to their heart. In some instances, grief presents itself in unusual situations too, like when you are annoyed or frustrated. Like I said earlier, it just varies in [...]

Much to my dismay, handling finances is not as easy as it once was, especially now that there are many factors we need to consider such as income versus expenditure. Then there’s the issue of credit score which you need to really be careful about. Once, I found my 30-ish daughter sitting on the floor with papers scattered around her, laptop glowing with such fierceness and two half empty coffee [...]

We seniors spend a lot of time saving for our retirement and hopefully be able to leave a “handsome-enough” amount for our beloved ones to share when we are gone. Unfortunately, naming your beneficiaries might be the most overlooked part of your estate planning as we usually tend to forget assessing who gets what and what goes to whom. Naming your beneficiaries is more than just appointing the “lucky one”. [...]

I’m not really certain if it’s my forgetful nature that compelled me to keep a notebook in the first place but what I do know is that one has to be within reach AT ALL TIMES! According to my estimate, I am using 3-4 small notepads in a year, tucked neatly inside my handbag when I go out and right in front of me when I’m working. For me, a [...]

Is the word “cougar” new to you? Or are you still referring to the slender and agile cats roaming our mountains, always on the look out for a prey, gullible enough to fall into a cougar’s trap? Well, you must be living under a rock for quite sometime now since cougar dating must be the hottest, most liberating hype that hit the senior women’s generation! The idea of “Older-women-dating-younger-studs” has [...]

This amuses me, as I am guilty as charged! Sometimes I use my apparent forgetfulness as an excuse when it’s really a case of procrastination and I must admit, most of whom I have caused trouble due to my love for excessive procrastinating did accept my excuse without an iota of doubt. Of course, at the back of my mind, I feel guilt and sometimes the nagging feeling to cram [...]

Even in your golden years, your credit score still stands as one of the most important factors in one’s life. You will need a good credit score if you are planning to get a mortgage or perhaps a new car and, of course, loans—which tends to be a “jack-in-the-box” kind of thing in a senior’s life. Yes, obviously your credit score needs to be protected and nurtured as long as [...]

If there’s one group of people who gets classified in two contradicting characteristics, it must be the seniors’ group. Why? It is because we’re believed to be wise due to the countless life experiences we were able to gather through the years and yet, midlifers—particularly our kids–see us as gullible human beings. How on earth can a person be wise and gullible at the same time? Well apparently, or so [...]