Category: Senior Finance

“I have all my life been considering distant effects and sacrificing immediate success and applause to that of the future.”   Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), known today as the “Father of Landscape Architecture,” was a brilliant landscape artist of the 19th century whose numerous well-known landscape projects include Central Park in Manhattan and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.  The unabridged list of his lifetime accomplishments is quite long. 

Making the decision to return to work, especially as a senior citizen, can be both an exciting and intimidating experience. Actually receiving a paycheck at the end of a work period made payable in your own name is quite satisfying, especially if it’s for work that you enjoy and you are fortunate enough to have coworkers that appreciate your efforts.

In my introductory post titled Supplementing Income for Senior Citizens, I mentioned that there are any number of reasons why a senior might find that he or she may need to supplement their income. And while I don’t think the specific reasons are particularly relevant, I’d like to mention a few briefly, if only for the sake of reassuring those of us that may face financial shortcomings during our senior years, that we are not alone.

Though I have carefully chosen the name Planned Seniorhood for my web site, there are a number of posts that I intend to make regarding financial planning that could more appropriately be categorized under the heading Unplanned Seniorhood. It seems that almost everywhere you turn, there is plenty of advice out there for young people about where and how much to invest in order to reach retirement years financially comfortable, but so far I haven’t found much information available with solutions for the others.