Your plans for the future are really a story that you tell yourself. Some of the chapters are easy to imagine and plan, but others aren’t so straight forward. We’ve put together some ways to manage unexpected plot twists.

Before the pandemic, technology was something that, as a retiree, you could more or less choose to embrace. Today we all realize the important role that technology plays in keeping us together. It’s up to us to continue to embrace these tools, so we’ve put together some ways that you can use technology throughout your retirement.

Retirees across the United States are heading back to campuses when they retire. In fact, many colleges and universities have started tailoring programs specifically for those who want to start a new career or just make learning a cornerstone of their retirement schedules.

In September 2019, Seth Streeter, Founder and CEO of Mission Wealth, led his second YPO “Developing Your 3.0 Vision for Life” multi-day retreat for 31 CEO’s and spouses at The Four Season’s Biltmore Resort in beautiful Santa Barbara, California.

This generation of retirees is going to live longer than any in history. Today’s seniors are healthier, more active, and receiving better preventative care than ever before. On top of that, a growing group of scientists are trying to harness technology and modern medicine to slow down the aging process. Experts call the cumulative effect of these changes to life expectancy “the longevity effect.” They project that extending our years of healthy living can have tremendous benefits both to individuals and to society as a whole.

We may not always be able to control the circumstances of a given situation we find ourselves in. But we always have the freedom to choose how we respond. The choice we make – and how we make it – often determines how well we survive the situation, and if we go on to thrive.

One common attribute of successful, happy people is that they are intensely curious. They never feel like the world has passed them by because they have made learning and self-improvement a lifelong process. In fact, Bill Gates places such a high value on continuous learning that he schedules annual “Think Weeks” where he holes himself up in a private study with books, magazines, and scientific papers. Whether you want to stay ahead of the curve or just cultivate a curious mind, daily learning can have some major personal and professional benefits.