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Your 3.6% Social Security bump may be smaller than you think
Social Security just announced a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2027, the biggest since the 8.7% bump in December 2022 (SSA COLA history). For the average retired worker, that…
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Cognitive Decline Starts Earlier Than You Think, Here’s What Actually Helps
“What did I walk into this room for?” “I’m too young to start forgetting stuff like this.” Most people picture cognitive decline as a problem for their 70s and…
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Say no to retirement and savings “rules of thumb”
If you’ve done any modicum of internet research or bookstore reading on retirement and savings, you’ve no doubt heard them. “Budget for 70% of your current income at retirement.”…
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Slow Living and the Digital Detox Isn’t a Trend. It’s a Correction.
We’ve all heard that our smart phones are making us less healthy. They causing us to be sedentary, stressing us out, making us feel more isolated, creating social anxieties,…
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The Retirement Planning Gap Nobody’s Talking About
A new survey from the Oath Money & Meaning Institute puts real numbers behind a big part of why Live Great Days exists: retirees report struggling to actually *live*…