Helping you successfully navigate worklife transitions to achieve the life you want.
Retirement planning...self-employment...career change
Retirement Planning
Plan your future so that it will give you purpose, enjoyment and a lifestyle that suits you and those closest to you. Live the life you want to live.
Your Income
Create some form of self-employment so you can live the "retirement" life you want but with an economic purpose. What would you really love to do?
Your Employment
Don't let ageism stop you!
Use these career resources
to help you get the
work you want. Job Search Strategies and so much more!
Your Lifestyle
Enjoy life to the full…travel, relationships, physical and emotional health and wellbeing and leisure activities are all vitally important. Live life your way!
Travel Planning
We love to travel, like so many other Australians of our generation. Now we try to have at least one holiday adventure each year and have had the privilege of going to some amazing places. We always try to find interesting places to visit and to get the best travel deals.
Cycling through scenic regions offers an unparalleled way to explore picturesque landscapes, charming villages, and historic sites, all while staying active in a relaxed and enjoyable manner.
Popular Articles
Travel Articles
- France by Bike: 4 Days Loire Valley January 15, 2025Here’s an enchanting itinerary for a magical 4-day bike trip through the Loire Valley, designed to showcase the region’s famed châteaux, lush vineyards, and charming villages. Each day includes highlights, ...
- Spain by Bike: 4 Days Camino de Santiago January 13, 2025A journey through the Camino de Santiago (via the Greenways) is more than a ride; it’s a blend of history, breathtaking landscapes, and the timeless magic of pilgrimage. This itinerary ...
Finance Articles
- Financial planning October 23, 2020What is a financial plan? A financial plan mainly reflects the current financial situation of a person, the person’s monetary goals, and the necessary steps to be undertaken to achieve those ...
- Do I have enough money to retire? October 14, 2019“Do I have enough money to retire?” is a question that is asked many times every day by people who are approaching or have reached retirement age. This generation known as ...
- How to Start an Online Business July 21, 2013Do you want to start an online business? Are you considering an online business? Do you want to start an online business but do not know where to start? Are you currently ...
Lifestyle Articles
- Face Your Future: What Are Your Retirement Options? September 9, 2019With every passing day we are closer to a new stage of our life. And the first step in that new stage is considering your retirement options of how you ...
- Are You Considering An Online Business? August 28, 2019Over the last ten years the world has moved online…business, learning, shopping, marketing, even ordering a takeaway dinner. The advantages and convenience are obvious. But what does it mean to ...
- Why Baby Boomers Don’t Like Being Called Seniors May 23, 2018There is a great and hugely unsettling disconnect in the way advertisers and the media approach the over 50’s demographic. They often painting Baby Boomers with such a broad brush ...
Employment Articles
- How to Handle a Career Change Late in Life September 7, 2019How to Handle a Career Change Late in Life Changing your career is a nerve-rattling experience no matter what age you are. But it is particularly difficult for individuals who are ...
- Is Your Next Step A Career Shift? September 6, 2019Is your next step a career shift? Over the last few years many people have been affected by severe career shifts caused by redundancy or problems within the company that employed ...
- Tips for Creating A Successful Home Business September 3, 2019A large percentage of Baby Boomers reach retirement age feeling inadequately prepared for retirement financially. Even those with good retirement savings may feel they need to generate funds in order ...
What is Young at Heart about?
Young at Heart encourages retirees to live their lives with purpose, fulfillment and fun.
Our mission is to help people sing the song that is in their heart; to live a life that enables them to be true to themselves. But to "sing the song that is in your heart" often costs more money than you can afford!
Having enough retirement savings is a problem for a huge proportion of the baby boomer generation. This doesn’t mean you can’t live a great life!
We can help you design the life you want then realistically work towards creating it.
This may involve boosting your savings by using your lifetime of skills and experience, whether through employment or self-employment... always keeping in mind that your income boosting should also allow you to live a lifestyle that you enjoy.
Your sense of personal identity is fundamentally important to your wellbeing, regardless of whether you are working or fully retired. Therefore those who want a traditional retirement also need to plan their future. It is so easy to let days, weeks, months and years drift by then find that you feel cheated of the life you could be living.
Take your Next Step towards a future you will love by reading our Financial Planning article.
Interested in?
Need a career change?
Get the job you want or improve the job you have. Read our Career Change article
Enjoy Your Retirement
We love to travel, like so many other Australians of our generation. Now we try to have at least one holiday adventure each year and have had the privilege of going to some amazing places. We always try to find interesting places to visit and to get the best travel deals.
Good health and living a healthy lifestyle are what most of us want but don’t always achieve.
Let’s keep it in mind as we live these great years of our lives.