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This section of the Retirement Revenue website focuses on how to do various things that are particularly relevant to people of our more 'mature' years and is not particularly geared to generating extra retirement income. Just to give you a couple of examples, we can show you how to transfer your old vinyl LPs onto your iPod or how to start your own book club.  We keep adding articles to this section all the time, so it's essential to keep checking back to see what's new.

Also, keep an eye on the Archive section (click on the Archive section in the left-hand column) to see previously published articles.

If there is something in particular that you want to know 'How to do.....' (or anything else for that matter), please let us know and we will do the research for you and publish a relevant article.  You can always contact us via our contact page or send an email to info@retirementrevenue.co.uk. 

How To Inspire Your Grandchildren
How To Inspire Your Grandchildren We rediscovered the following poem recently.  It was written by Edgar Albert Guest.  He was born in the UK in Birmingham in 1881 and died in 1959 having spent most of his life as a newspaperman in America.  This poem, entitled "It Couldn''t Be Done",  was probably written in 1917.   It inspired us many years ago and still does today.  Why not show it to your grandchildren and inspire them as well.

How to Save Money
How to Save Money Saving money is just as good as making it.   Save a few pounds here and a few pounds there and, before you know it, you''ve put away enough for your next trip abroad. Here are 20 of the best ways that we have come across to save money when shopping, travelling or in your garden.

How to Stay Younger Longer
How to Stay Younger Longer Did you know that your health as you age is something you can control?  There are several things that healthy older people have in common, and they''re things that you can include in your life.  You don''t have to feel like you''re at the mercy of your life or your genes; just take a little time to treat yourself correctly, and you''ll experience much better health as you get older.

How to Reduce Stress
How to Reduce Stress It seems like the older we get, the more we feel the stress.  It''s coming from all around us - home, work, finances, and family.  Any changes to our lifestyle cause stress, even if they''re good changes such as retirement.  But if you have a high level of stress without relief, it can cause health problems in the long run.

How to Make Your Home Grandchild Proof
How to Make Your Home Grandchild Proof It may be that your grandchildren only visit you once or twice a year, or it could be that you''re lucky enough to have them living nearby with frequent visits.  Either way, when they''re at your house you want to keep them safe.

How to Stretch Your Retirement Income
How to Stretch Your Retirement Income Savings rates are so low as to be virtually non-existent unless you want to tie your money up for years.  So how can we stretch out our income?  Well, there are a number of things that we should look at.......

How to Start a Book Club
How to Start a Book Club Over the years, reading has long been considered a favourite pastime. Because of this, book clubs have grown in popularity, benefiting club members by giving them a chance to speak out and share sentiments about particular books. 

eBay - here is another free tip
eBay - here is another free tip More and more people of our generation are finding that eBay is a really good way of making a few extra pounds as an enjoyable part-time business that you can work on whenever you feel so inclined.

How to Make Your Own Wine
How to Make Your Own Wine One thing that you’ll read a lot about when you are approaching retirement age is the need to have a hobby of some kind.  Hobbies are a great way to keep yourself occupied and to indulge a passion you may already have.  You could also start doing something you have never had the time to do before.  Wine making. Great hobby, saves you money and you can drink it!

How to Communicate with Ageing Parents
How to Communicate with Ageing Parents The generation gap is not just between us and our children or even grandchildren, there''s one between us and our parents as well. Sometimes we lose sight of this and communicating with our ageing parents becomes difficult.  We owe it to them to do our best to talk to them with sympathy and understanding.
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