Recent content by Mz. Lady

I have decided that I am going to retire at the end of this year. That is scary enough, but what is really scary is that I plan to move. I can't bear the frightening Arizona heat anymore. I have decided to move to Georgia. I wanted to move to a state where there are lots of botanical gardens to...

As Love Tulips mentioned, people with kids/grandkids have a tendency to talk them quite a bit. I don't think that they stop to consider that people who do not have an emotional connection to their kids/grandkids might not be interested in hearing about them. If one of their kids/ grandkids...

I see groups for child-free people on Meet-Up, but they are for much younger people. We would meet for activities in Glendale, Peoria and Surprise areas, primarily. I can't form the group by myself, so if you are interested be prepared to help pulls thing together and come up with places to...

Do you have a need to worship/support a higher power? Answer :No, I have no NEED OR DESIRE to acknowledge a higher power. If I have a problem, I look to the higher power within me (try to think through the problem as in as clear-minded way as I can to find a solution). Do you replace god with...

It seems difficult to have meaningful, interesting, conversations anymore. There are so many interesting things to see, hear and wonder about, in the world, but many people seem to, reflexively, resort to talking about their kids or grandkids, their health issues and personal problems. What...

Thank you all for your input. The comment about how awful being a nursing home would hit me like a mack truck! I would rather get in my car and drive off of a cliff (Thelma and Louise style) than be in a nursing home.

Anxiety, excessive worrying and depression affect people of all ages. Decades ago people did not think that children suffered from depression. How wrong they were! I was recently asked to participate in a group focused on the mental health issues affecting the elderly. Since I can only really...

Thanks for all of your input, bit no one addressed the second part of my post: "If retirement is on the horizon for you, and you are thinking about moving, where are you thinking about going and why?" (in the US)

Thank you for the welcome.

I hope to retire at the end of this year and would like to move out of Arizona. I keep seeing videos on YouTube about how one can live on social security in Mexico, better than in the US. I feel the pull to go south of the border, more for a sense of adventure than finances; but have some...