Friday, September 17, 2010

Boot Camps for the Retired or Soon to Be - NYTimes.com

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A retired nurse from Shreveport, La., Ms. Butcher had spent Memorial Day weekend in Asheville, N.C., at a workshop at the Center for Creative Retirement.

“I’d worn myself out wondering if I should do this or do that,” said Ms. Butcher, a widow in her 60s. “I just wanted somebody to tell me how to do this retirement thing.”

Since leaving an insurance company job two years ago, Ms. Butcher had consulted how-to-retire books, devised a budget with her financial adviser and scouted possible relocation to Sedona, Ariz.; Santa Fe, N.M.; or Ashland, Ore. Overwhelmed at the prospect of planning her next act, she turned the workshop, a twice-yearly program at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, for some answers.
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