To save you some time, and with just a little bit of exaggeration in the title, I have put together this Really Big Retirement Resources Link Guide. Here you will find direct links to some websites and resources, grouped by category. These listings don't serve as a personal endorsement but appear on several lists of the "best" in each category.
Hopefully, this will save you some time and point you to places to start getting the information you seek. Most of these sites have links to other places that provide more information or a different perspective. I encourage you to get as much input as you can, then make your own decisions and choices.
If there is a website you have found that isn't listed, please drop me a note and I will be glad to add it to this guide. All links were checked in November 2022 to make sure they are active and still relevant.
Note: The guide from Caller Smart covers virtually everything that may concern you: Scammers, health questions, housing, discrimination, financial concerns are some of the topics covered.
Retirement
Financial preparation, investments, and Second Career
Housing and Living Choices & Planning
Unusual lifestyle choices
The future of retirement communities: walkable and urban?
Pros and cons of living in a retirement community
Tiny house living in retirement
The future of retirement communities: walkable and urban?
Pros and cons of living in a retirement community
Tiny house living in retirement
What makes or breaks relationships in retirement
Finding friends and fighting loneliness
Thinking About a Pet?
Finding friends and fighting loneliness
Thinking About a Pet?
Time management and Lifestyle: What do I do all day?
Overcoming mental challenges of retirement
What retirees say retirement is really like (article by me on Next Avenue web site)
The Retirement problem: What to do with all that time?
How to live a purposeful life after retirement
Travel (Post-Covid)
Discount travel sites
VPN for Beginners (VPN = Virtual Private Network)
Internet, Computer, and Personal Security Basics
Finding & Fixing home computer problems (for Macs but good advice for PCs, too)
VPN for Beginners (VPN = Virtual Private Network)