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A Fresh Look at Retirement

How To Survive Retirement

This week I have been working on something a little different from quilt patterns and fabric, but I have added a quilt block for you below. And, please notice my new site banner!

I have revised and updated my book, How to Survive Retirement, and I am excited to finally share it with you.

How To Survive Retirement with fun, Beth Ann Strub

When I first wrote the book, I wanted to talk about retirement honestly, the everyday side. The part no one really prepares you for. The changes in routines, relationships, friendships, purpose, and even figuring out what to do every day!

As the years have gone by, I have learned even more. Retirement is not something you arrive at and automatically know how to do. It is a time of life that requires adjustments, patience, humor, and sometimes a complete change of plans. That is why I decided to revisit the book and add more practical ideas on how to retire happy.

The revised edition is now 110 pages and includes 14 chapters covering topics many of us face every day: (no money talk)

  • Investing in relationships
  • Dealing with change
  • Finding humor in life
  • Being kind to yourself
  • Taking time for yourself
  • Moving to a new area
  • Dealing with aging parents
  • Lessons learned along the way
  • Words and phrases to stop saying
  • And many more practical retirement topics

This is  a book filled with  living well, finding joy, staying connected, and creating a retirement life you truly enjoy.
For Yourself or a Gift ONLY Available ONLY in Print.

How to Survive Retirement book

As quilters, we know life is stitched together one piece at a time. Retirement is much the same. Some blocks are planned. Some are surprises. Some require a little ripping out and starting over. In the end, it all comes together into a beautiful quilt called life.

This quilt block is a classic and
Here is my quilt pattern all cutting and piecing  HERE

How to make a star quilt block

Have a wonderful week, and as always, keep stitching, keep creating, and keep finding joy in the everyday moments.

Beth Ann

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Make a Plan and Retire Happy

Are you thinking about retirement ?
Or already retired? Do it with Laughter, Love and in this book NO Money talk, it’s all about YOU ! 
How to Survive Retirement

You have to find fun, excitement, and joy in your days. 40 years to achieve the retirement goal, and now you are not happy, you don’t know what to do all day? YOU need a plan. 

How to Survive Retirement by Beth Ann StrubHusband and I retired early, he was 57, and I was 55. Most people hear us say our ages and they ask, “What do you do all day?” VERY, very rarely do they ask, “How do you afford it?” This book has NO money talk, it’s all about happiness.   Now in Print and eBook  ! ! 

To me that is hilarious: before retirement you plan financially, you plan the date, but you don’t take time to figure out what you want to do for 20-30 years of retirement. I have seen it now for five years. How to Survive Retirement 

Everyone thinks that you magically know how to retire. YOU DON’T but my book will help you think through what you need and what you want for YOUR life. No money talk, this is all ideas to make your 20-30 years of retirement what you want and need it to be for years of joy. Retirement is talked about just as going off to college is.

There are just four things you need to expect in retirement:

1. We are all going to die
2. Stop fearing change
3 .Stop living in the past
4. Be easy on yourself
These four things may not need to be said, but please think about them.
#1 is one that can help you get up, get started and do what you want.  
#2 is fearing change, you will and need to change.
#3 past is the past let it go.
#4 take care of yourself and be kind to yourself.

Here in my book, laugh, read and find your passions by staying connected, keeping your mind active, embracing slow living, and finding your community can help you thrive in retirement.

But ultimately, the key to surviving retirement with joy is to find what works for you and your unique situation. Whether it’s quilting, travel, volunteering, family or something entirely different, find what brings you happiness and purpose, and go for it!

PLEASE retire happy!
“If you are unhappy….us other old people don’t want to be around you.”
How to Survive Retirement as an eBook and NOW in PRINT
How to Survive Retirement
HOW TO SURVIVE RETIREMENT

The Quilt Ladies and Beth Ann

Author information:
My name is Beth Ann Strub, sixty eight years old, retired and living in central Florida, about 20 minutes from the white sandy beaches we all love and right on a golf course, which I have never played on, but it’s pretty. I was born and raised in Iowa and have lived in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and now in Florida. I am a quilt designer, book written, I love to swim, cook/eat and family is my joy.

How to Survive Retirement with Fun – Beth Ann Doing

Think About What You Will Do in Retirement

Thinking about retirement or already retired? Here are my tips to find fun, excitement, and joy in your days. It took us 40 years to achieve our retirement goal, and I see people struggling every day to find happiness in their every day retirement. In print or Kindle and NOW on Amazon Prime

How to survive retirement

When Husband and I tell people we retired early, reaching ages 57 and 55, they ask, “What do you do all day?”, very rarely do they ask, “How do you afford it?”

Before retirement, you plan financially and set a retirement date, but we don’t take time to figure out what we want to do for 20-30 years of our retirement. It’s been ten years now and we’ve seen that everyone assumes you magically know how to retire, but the truth is that you don’t.

That’s why I’ve written this book to share my life lessons and help you plan your life for the 20-30 years of retirement. With no money talk, this book contains all the ideas to make your retirement what you want and need it to be for years of joy.

There are just four things you need to expect in retirement:

1. We are all going to die
2. Stop fearing change.
3 .Stop living in the past.
4. Be easy on yourself
These four things may not need to be said, but please think about them.
#1 is one that can help you get up, get started and do what you want.  
#2 is fearing change, you will and need to change.
#3 past is the past let it go.
#4 take care of yourself and be kind to yourself.

Here in my book, laugh, read and find your passions by staying connected, keeping your mind active, embracing slow living, and finding your community can help you thrive in retirement.

But ultimately, the key to surviving retirement with joy is to find what works for you and your unique situation. Whether it’s quilting, travel, volunteering, family or something entirely different, find what brings you happiness and purpose, and go for it!

Read about All of Beth Ann’s Books

Beth Ann is a Quilter and an Author
who decided to self-publish her books and quilt pattern books

SEE Beth Ann’s BOOKS on Amazon and
PDF download quilt patterns on Etsy

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