Bucket Listr posts by Rita Wilkins. Rita is a renowned expert in decluttering and minimalism, empowering individuals to simplify their lives through practical tips and resources, while also captivating audiences as a professional speaker and author.

Why It’s Now An Empty Nesters’ Housing Market

Bill Saporito Mar 10, 2017 There’s a mismatch in the housing market. Demand is rising, yet homebuilders don’t have the capacity to create the supply the way they did in the boom years. They haven’t banked as much land, they haven’t filed the permits and they’ve become increasingly short of labor—one possible byproduct of the [...]

Intentionally Minimalist Retirement

Just before I retired in 2011 I sold almost everything I owned. It wasn’t because money was tight, but because I wanted to spend my life as an adventure, traveling the world, pursuing my passions of writing and photography and most of the things I owned weren’t going to fit into that lifestyle. I didn’t intend to [...]

6 Baby Boomer Travel Trends

Many baby boomers are hoping to do more traveling as they enter their retirement years. After decades of cramming travel into long weekends and limited vacation time, new retirees often have a pent up desire to visit new places. Here's how baby boomers plan to travel in retirement: A travel bucket list. Many baby boomers [...]

Baby boomers are downsizing — and the kids won’t take the family heirlooms

By Beth Teitell Globe Staff  June 04, 2017 For 30 years, Pat Fryzel stored her children’s memorabilia, and her grandmother’s, too. But when she and her husband downsized, from a large Winchester home to a two-bedroom Boston town house, there was no room for the American Girl dolls or Nana’s cake plates. So Fryzel asked [...]

10 Good Reasons To Sell That Big House and Get Rightsized

Thom and I are fortunate to be spending July in the coastal community of Ventura. As some of you know, where we live the majority of the year the temperature during the summer fluctuates between 110 and 120 degrees. Meanwhile, here near the beach, we are relishing the cool coastal breezes without air-conditioning. This will [...]

Sorry, Florida: Boomers looking to retire closer to home in active communities

John Leeke and his wife, Theresa, sold their five-bedroom house and moved to an age-restricted community for people 55 and older; the demand for health programs and amenities in these communities is growing as baby boomers enter retirement. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Justin T. Gellerson for The Washington Post. After living in Prince [...]

11 Trips You Need to Take As Soon As You Retire

by Patricia Doherty No more waiting for your annual vacation and then filling it end-to-end until you drag yourself back to work needing another week off. You are retired — and if you’re reading this, you probably love to travel. In fact, according to AARP’s 2017 survey, travel is at the top of 83 percent of Baby Boomers’ [...]

Why Apartments are Booming with Baby Boomers

There is a rental-demographic that’s feeling quite young and spry. And old age isn’t something they’d be thinking about for years. If you were thinking Millennials, then you’re wrong. It’s the Baby Boomers, most of whom will turn 65 by 2030. Every single day, for the next decade, about 10,000 Baby Boomers will become 65 [...]

Baby boomers with travel bucket lists bring big business to Hawaii

The busy summer travel season is about to kick into high gear, and when it does, expect to see a lot more seniors enjoying our Hawaiian sunshine. Miami Beach, Las Vegas, and Bora Bora are favorite destinations for young summer travelers, but when it comes to seniors, Hawaii is no ka oi. According to AARP [...]

By |2026-03-27T22:13:47+00:00May 31st, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, lifestyle, retirement, simplify your life, Start Your Good Life, Starting the Good Life, travel, walkable communities|Comments Off on Baby boomers with travel bucket lists bring big business to Hawaii

Less size, more bells and whistles evident in 2017 Parade of Homes

Aaron Lange has been building and selling houses for 20 years and has recently noticed something about the industry he once couldn’t have imagined. More and more buyers are asking for less – not more — square footage. VIEW SLIDESHOW 10 photos The Parade of Homes that began last weekend and continues this weekend in [...]

By |2026-03-27T22:13:49+00:00May 22nd, 2017|A Peek into Your Good Life, Aging in place, Baby Boomers, bucket list, community, design trends, downsizing, Interior design, lifestyle, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, retirement, simplify your life, Universal Design|Comments Off on Less size, more bells and whistles evident in 2017 Parade of Homes
Go to Top