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[spacer height=”10px”]<\/strong><\/p>\n By David S. Edge<\/strong><\/p>\n [spacer height=”06px”]<\/strong><\/p>\n August is an emotional month for many folks, especially anyone connect- ed with schools and universities. [spacer height=”06px”]<\/strong> [spacer height=”06px”]<\/strong> [spacer height=”06px”]<\/strong> [spacer height=”06px”]<\/strong> [spacer height=”06px”]<\/strong> [spacer height=”06px”]<\/strong> [spacer height=”06px”]<\/strong> <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/americanretirementadvisors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/HealthTip_December2016.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” max_width=”250px” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August! [spacer height=”10px”] By David S. Edge [spacer height=”06px”] August is an emotional month for many folks, especially anyone connect- ed with schools and universities. It\u2019s the \u201cback to school month\u201d, so there a lot of preparations, shopping, and plain old getting ready for the season. High school teens are already reporting for band and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIt\u2019s the \u201cback to school month\u201d, so there a lot of preparations, shopping, and plain old getting ready for the season. High school teens are already reporting for band and football practice camp, and teachers are getting lesson plans submitted for approval. It\u2019s a large gearing up for many activities connected to the beginning of fall.<\/p>\n
\nOlder teens and twenty somethings are starting to pack clothes and other items in preparation to return to college. Maybe a few tears from a mom or dad with their baby growing up and headed out of the nest for the first time.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s hot, and we linger in the pool or stay on the lake for the last few lazy moments of peace and quiet, as the sun is telling us it\u2019s time to start packing up and going home. Kids keep pleading that infamous \u201cJust a few more minutes\u201d knowing the end is inevitable. You\u2019re finally getting the kids out of the water, shivering with chill bumps, looking for the warm towel to get dry. Who can forget the smells of BBQ and fresh cut grass, with wet towels that need to be hung up to dry? And\u2026. who let the dog out? Ahhhh\u2026. Nothing like summer wet dog smell.<\/p>\n
\nThe emotions are mixed as parents are at the point that they can\u2019t wait for school to start, and the kids don\u2019t want summer to end. But\u00a0the organization starts with the checklist of stuff to get prepared for fall.<\/p>\n
\nNothing changes much for mom and dad other than keeping a watchful eye, to ensure the kids or young adults are finishing what needs to be organized before it all starts. But that\u2019s the early training that responsible folks follow. Preparation!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs we get older, we tend to start to let some things slide as the kids are grown and we\u2019re busy with life and careers. Grown kids visits are less often as they are busy with their lives until all of a sudden there\u2019s grandkids and the need for a baby sitter! But we can\u2019t take our eye off the ball as the years start to roll by. We need to be prepared for retirement.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJust as we once scolded our kids to get ready, who is scolding you<\/strong> to get ready? This isn\u2019t something simple like make the bed and pick up your dirty clothes. These are adult preparations that have serious consequences for those who lack preparation<\/strong>. Health care planning, financial retirement planning, Power of Attorney for health and financial decisions, long-term care coverage, and your health directives. All these areas need to be planned and prepared for in advance.<\/p>\n
\nWe are in the August of our lives<\/strong>, so don\u2019t enter your retirement years unprepared. Get some free expertise on all that retirement stuff all in one place<\/strong>! Call us we can help!<\/p>\n