Category: Bill Roiter
I Always Wanted to Visit Peru
At BoomerCafé, we love stories about change, namely, how baby boomers change their lives. Harvard Clinical Instructor Dr. Bill Roiter, author of Beyond Work: How Accomplished Retire Successfully, wrote to us about one woman who tried change, had a tough experience, but kept going anyway. It’s called, “I always wanted Peru.”
How to Talk with Your Doctor
We hope against hope but sooner or later we’re going to be seeing the doctor … probably more often than we used to. The question is, as independent baby boomers with healthy lifestyles, will we take the doctor’s advise seriously? Dr. Bill Roiter says there’s a way to relate to the doctor that will keep us healthy.
Do You Believe In Magic?
Do you believe in music? Or maybe the question for boomers is, Do You Believe In Magic? Dr. Bill Roiter says when you hear old songs from younger days, there’s magic in the memories.
Household Sex
Let’s be honest: probably most of us have spent our lives chasing sex. With dates, with spouses, whatever. So what happens when the chase is over and the sex grows routine? Dr. Bill Roiter says, do the dishes, or wash the car. Why? Because your partner might then come up to you and say, “Hey, sexy … ”
What Makes Us Happy?
The leading edge of baby boomers are there: retirement! And that means — today’s economy notwithstanding — the rest of us can’t be far behind. So what does it take to be happy in retirement? Planning. Dr. Bill Roiter explains why.
What to Do With Time? Daydream
With the leading edge of our generation looking at retirement, the question becomes, what will you do with it? Retirement coach Dr. Bill Roiter says if you stay on the path you’re on, simply adding more leisure time to your day, you’re missing something. How to find new uses of your time? Daydream.
Where to Live for the Rest of Our Lives?
Many of us are beginning to wonder, and some have even acted already: where do we want to retire? Dr. Bill Roiter, author of “Beyond Work: How Accomplished People Retire Successfully,” has figured out that when we ask that question, what we’re really asking is, where do we want to live for the rest of our lives?
How Accomplished People Retire Successfully
Here we are, full of life, maybe even feeling full of youth, and close enough to be thinking about putting all this energy into retirement. Fast forward to the U.S. economy, 2009…which is another way of saying, Not so fast, pal. You may want to retire, but you have to work. That’s what psychologist and executive coach Bill Roiter writes about in his book Beyond Work: How Accomplished People Retire Successfully.
