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The Retired and the Restless
Are daytime soap operas or teeing off on the green losing their appeal? Need an outlet for your talent and creativity or a way to pad your shrinking retirement savings? Share your stories, advice and questions about working after retirement.

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ASTRAEA said:
on July 11, 2009 07:57 AM ET

Being retired gives us the time to explore options, either for career possibilities, or just because it's an area that always interested us .. plus going to classes can be a social activity, where we'd also find out the reality of working in a particular area.

I've always been interested in real estate, although I know I don't have a "sales" personality! Within the last year, I both sold my home of many years, and bought another in a different area. I'd signed up for a real estate course in the middle, but it's turning out that I'm taking the class after the dust settled! I'm as interested in hearing why the others are in the class .. in this terrible real estate climate, as I am in learning about the business!

What classes would you sign up for, where the subject is of interest, and there's career potential as well?
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ASTRAEA replied to retiredtraveler's Post #1 :
on July 11, 2009 12:24 PM ET

I took a few classes at the county community college near me too this spring! One was how to make the most of retirement, and it was a really nice group of people .. we went out for lunch at the end of the program, and want to do it again periodically!


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retiredtraveler said:
on July 11, 2009 09:43 AM ET

Gardening, current events, history, bioethics (yes, there is a course), topics in philosophy, general intro to physics, that sort of thing.(some are for credit courses).

I'm lucky to have an ever-expanding community college just a few miles away that offers non credit  coursrses mostly aimed at seniors.  They have an active seniors group and there is a local AARP group close by too.

I'll be taking a look at these in earnest when I give up my little part-time job.