Be Your Own Best Friend

A series on love, connection, and choosing ourselves—especially after 60.

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Retirement isn’t the problem — waiting is. A reflection on love as movement, showing up, and choosing momentum after 60.

Lonely After Retirement?

Online connection isn’t the same as being seen.
After retirement, staying connected takes intention — not certainty, not confidence, just the choice to show up.

Purpose Isn’t Found. It’s Practiced.

Purpose after retirement doesn’t arrive fully formed. It’s practiced—through small, meaningful choices, showing up, and staying open to what still needs you.

No One Prepares Women for Retirement

No one really prepares women for what retirement looks like — or how long it lasts. Loving yourself at this stage means choosing to make this chapter count.

We can start over anytime, anywhere, without excuses, but curiosity.

Begin Again Anytime™

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How to Begin Again After 60

A reminder that meaningful change doesn’t belong to January—or to any calendar at all. After 60, we’re already living in our last 30 years. The question is how we choose to show up for them.

When Life Forces a Reset After 60

Not all beginnings are chosen. Sometimes life forces a reset—through loss, change, or unexpected endings. This piece explores why those moments can still become turning points after 60.

7 Ways to Begin Again

If we’re lucky, we’re living our last 30 years right now. That’s not an ending — it’s an invitation. Beginning again doesn’t require a dramatic reset, just the willingness to choose differently and give ourselves permission to want more.

Reinvention Never Retires ™

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The Myth of Being Done:

Reinvention never retires™ especially after 60. One unexpected moment reminded me that our skills never expire — and a whole new chapter can open when we least expect it.

The Money Truth after 60:

The real money truth after 60? We don’t need a fortune to build freedom. One honest look at how earning, saving, and reinventing later in life can open a whole new chapter.

Why I Moved to Las Vegas After 60:

After 60 and back in consulting, I started looking for a furnished apartment in a walkable, sunny city. I narrowed it to two places I know well—San Diego and Las Vegas—but only one had the spark, the energy, and the price that fit how I want to live and keep traveling.

A Home Base after 60? Yes.

After 60, I did something unexpected: I signed a lease and chose a home base. Not to quit traveling, but to make it easier, smarter, and more joyful. From daily routines to big trips, here’s how creating a landing pad actually gave me more freedom to roam.

Building a New Life After 60:

Rebuilding a life after 60 isn’t settling — it’s choosing what feels right for this season. Routine, community, and purpose can be their own kind of freedom.

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Be Your Own Best Friend

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Be Your Own Best Friend

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Be Your Own Best Friend

No One Prepares Women for Retirement

Be Your Own Best Friend

Begin Again Anytime

7 Ways to Begin Again

Begin Again Anytime

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Retired Solo Traveler? How to Make Friends? Join a Pottery Studio!

Being a solo nomad means if you want some company .....you just gotta werk it and take inspo wherever you can get it. Anyone else watching the Great Pottery Throwdown on Max? I AM! Warning many seasons are available.

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Road Trip - My Travel Origin Story

Upon reflection, I realized this is my travel origin story. Road Trip was submitted to the Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition and one an Honorable Mention

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Woah! How to go from “I quit” to living in Puerto Vallarta

Retirement Part 1 - Sailing away to retirement in Puerto Vallarta

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How to Chicago: Free, Fun, Must See, Eat and Do

Chicago! Your Chicago travel plan right here!

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How to Art: Paint Your Own Path No Matter what People Say

Forge your own path….no matter what. Leap and a net will appear.

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Travel | Getting to Life in Puerto Vallarta

How BabZ did it | Eight months in Puerto Vallarta for less than $1000US……