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Choose Joy features fifty inspiring stories of people ages 62-100 years who are making the most of their retirement. They aren't doing huge things like climbing Mt. Everest or founding nonprofits. They're simply making conscious choices to live with joy and meaning. Most of these choices require no money to pursue - they just take time and cultivation of a mindset. Each story is a bite-sized illustration of how one person has chosen to live in this phase of life. After each story, a Try This section offers an action step, you can take to sample an activity like the one in the story. Putting these three key areas together will help you be happier, healthier, and have stronger connections with the people you care about. Find out how you can invest your retirement time with joy.

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Babs asks all the right questions. With creative storytelling she delivers the experience of real people, telling real stories about retirement. A must read for anyone planning retirement. Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD, director, MIT AgeLab Choose Joy: Three Keys to Investing Your Time in Retirement is an engaging and inspiring read. Babs Plunkett taps into the energy and wisdom of ordinary people who are living with energy and intention during the traditional retirement years. She elicits their fascinating stories by asking three deceptively simple questions: What are you doing Monday morning? How do you want to stay in motion? Who you gonna call? Their answers will help guide you toward figuring out what it is you want to do next. Enjoy! Chris Farrell, author of Purpose and a Paycheck: Finding Meaning, Money, and Happiness in the Second Half of Life. Through stories and commentary, this lovely book offers hope and inspiration and should be a must-read for pre-retirees, retirees who feel 'something is missing' and the professionals who work with them. Dorian Mintzer, MSW., PhD, BCC, certified retirement coach, author and speaker. Co-author of The Couples Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must- Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together. With Choose Joy, Babs Plunket strikes a perfect balance between heartwarming stories and practical applications for life after work. Her engaging style highlights positive role models we can all learn and grow from, especially when it comes to using our time wisely in retirement. Two thumbs up! Robert Laura, retirement activist and founder of the Retirement Coaches Association I absolutely flew through this book. It is a loving and well-crafted piece of work. As a writer, I appreciated its flow and efficiency. As a planner, I appreciated the summaries and direction to take action and how to do so. Also as a planner, I could see ordering this book by the case and handing it out to anyone nearing, entering or already in retirement. John Rusciano, wealth management advisor, Grandview Square Financial - Northwestern Mutual Babs Plunkett weaves together wonderful, concise stories about ordinary people making smart choices in retirement. This is not your parents' retirement...Choose Joy will be required reading for friends and clients who want to own this next phase in their lives. Mike Enright, CFP, managing director - financial advisor, RBC Wealth Management If, like me, you're not sure how you're going to spend your time in retirement, read the stories in this book! The people in CHOOSE JOY will inspire you to create and enjoy your best life, have fun, and find just your kind of fulfillment in the golden years. Cheers to Babs for telling these stories and for the inspiration they provided to get me moving. Kathy Schaaf, Schaaf Strategic Consulting, coaching client

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Babs Plunkett is a catalyst for choosing joy in retirement. She is a Certified Retirement Coach and a Certified Life Coach since 1998. As the author of Choose Joy: Three Keys to Investing Your Time in Retirement, she interviewed over 100 people across the country, gaining their inspiration and insights on positive aging. Through real-world stories, thought-provoking exercises, concrete action-steps and ongoing support, she helps people make a successful transition into their post-career lives. To contact Babs or to get the free resources that go along with this book, go to www.babsplunkett.com/choose joy

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