Talk about retirement and most people's thoughts immediately turn to money. They wonder if they'll be able to afford the life they want after they retire and worry whether their money will last as long as they do.

While it's true that money is an important part of retirement, just as it's an important part of your life before retirement, it is only one small part of living well in retirement. Here are 10 Tips for Happy Retirement Living to help you develop a plan for a rewarding retirement, whether you're already retired or years away from your last day at work.

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Planning is key to stress-free retirement and aging. The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) says these are the Top 4 Legal Documents Everyone Must Have. Are yours in place?

On Valentines Day, 2014, Florence Henderson celebrated her 80th birthday. America’s favorite TV mom is still going strong and is set to release a book titled Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond .
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1/19. The Law Offices of Carol Bertsch celebrated the most important day of the year— Carol’s birthday!

1/21. Carol gave a speech: Is Probate Scary? —@ the MARC building.

2/18-2/19. Carol and her paralegals, Jennifer and Jody, attended the estate planning, probate, and guardianship seminar—Docket Call in Probate Court—@ the Westin Riverwalk

2/27. Carol moderated a panel for the Planned Giving Advisory Council —@ UTHSC.

3/7. Kickoff for Senior Fridays—@ Morgan’s Wonderland, 10 am

3/10. Carol gives a speech: Is Probate Scary? —@ the Sunset Ridge Church of Christ, 1 pm

3/19. Carol attends the 15th annual Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards put on by NAWBO-SA—@ Oak Hills Country Club, 6 pm

This book is for all of you in your forties, fifties, and sixties who have aging parents, those of you in your sixties and seventies who are retired or thinking of retirement, and those of you in your eighties and nineties who have "been there and done that." Read more