We asked Dublin residents if they felt like a “senior” and what that even means to them. Check out what they had to say about it all in this Dublin Life Magazine article. You will also find information about the Forever Dublin Hub and Theresa Wasserstrom, our Hub Navigator.
By the way, if the person on the cover looks familiar, you are correct. She is Roberta Kayne, who was features in one of our Encore Career posts right here!
If you are retired and thinking about looking at other employment and engagement options, this article has some valuable insight. George Jerjian un-retired and did research into how other retirees are dealing with the change in lifestyle and purpose.
“Retirement means different things to different people. I did a deep survey of more than 15,000 retirees over the age of 60, and asked them one question: “What is your single biggest challenge in retirement?”
Below is a small selection of responses I received under the most cited categories:
Regret:
Health:
Identity:
Here’s what this tells us: The biggest retirement challenge that no one talks about, in my experience, is finding purpose.”
Read the article here.
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No one likes paying taxes, right, but it’s important to know where your dollars go. This graphic from the City of Dublin breaks it down so you can see where your money is being spent. In this example for a $300,000 home only $201 goes to Dublin. Pretty interesting. Our amazing city is supported by residents but to a large degree by our business community and income taxes.
