😊 RetireHub Daily — 4/28/24 😊

It is Sunday, April 28th, 2024

Deal of the Day

Ryobi Sale at Home Depot

Ryobi products are seeing some of their most affordable prices during the Home Depot Spring Black Friday Sale! Find hundreds or even thousands of dollars off Ryobi’s iconic cordless, battery-powered yard equipment.

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RETIREHUB POLL

Yesterday’s Poll Results - How do you like to spend Saturday mornings?

😴 Not much competition for this one! 63% of RetireHub Daily readers like to spend their Saturdays sleeping in and relaxing at home. Here’s to the lazy Saturday mornings we all deserve.

Thanks to everyone who voted and commented!

Our Favorite Comments:

We love hearing and sharing comments from our polls! While we can’t publish them all, we do read and appreciate every comment.

• “The best part of retirement is that every day is Saturday! :)”

• “After my cat rudely wakes me up at 7:30, I get up, feed him, then about 30 minutes later, I eat breakfast and read emails & check Facebook for messages from family and friends.”

• “Reading RetireHub.” ❤️

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SENIOR LIVING NEWS

Your Health Matters Too: How to Stop Putting Yourself Last With Your Health

With the kids older, or moved away, we have time to focus on ourselves more. By age or design, we stop caring so much about what others think, and more about what we need. But many of us have spent a lifetime caring for others. Putting others first. Always taking the last (and usually smallest) piece of cake, right? (Metaphorically or otherwise!)

But there is one place we can no longer afford to put ourselves last, and that’s with our health.

• Read the Article

Retirement Tips for a Healthy, Wealthy and Happy Retirement

As you build your ideal retirement life, make sure you’re putting practices in place that keep you happy and healthy. These 20 retirement tips can help get you started.

• Read the Guide

LONGEVITY TIP OF THE DAY

Practice “mindful eating”—Many of us eat our dinner in front of the TV, leaning over a TV tray or with plates on our laps. However, research shows that a more mindful connection with our food can improve our nutrition, which helps us live, longer healthier lives. Try eating at the dining table without any distractions, taking at least 20 minutes to chew your food, paying attention to the tastes, smells, and textures of your meals.

Slang Phrase of the Day

Word: “GOAT“

Definition: The GOAT is not a farmyard animal. It’s an acronym of “Greatest of all Time”

Used in a Sentence: “For me, Sinatra is the GOAT.”

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY

Rubber Duck Washes Up 18 Years After it Lost a River Race and Headed for the Hills–400 Miles Away

A rubber duck that escaped a failed world record race 18 years ago has been found by a teen washed up on a beach 423 miles away.

The record attempt, held in Dublin in the summer of 2006, was part of “World Duck Race Ireland” which corralled 150,000 rubber ducks at the starting line in the River Liffey.

Despite organizer’s attempts to collect them all, several escaped into the sea. This one was found on the island of Stronsay in Orkney, Scotland.

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Couple Who Met as ‘Miracle Babies’ in Hospital Were Meant to Be Together–Now Have a Child of Their Own

Jack and Bronwyn were both born prematurely in the same hospital at the same time.

After he was born at 30 weeks, and she was delivered after just 26 weeks, their families forged a friendship during the many weeks spent waiting in the neonatal ward in 1994.

Jack and Bronwyn drifted apart in their teens before surprisingly realizing at age 27 that they were made for each other.

• …Read The Full Story

RETIREHUB TRIVIA

Our goal is to grow RetireHub to over 1 million members — with this, we’ll have the leverage to get even better discounts from the likes of Netflix, Amazon, and others.

To help incentivize referrals, we’re giving away 12 months of your favorite streaming service for free! Simply forward this email to a friend (and cc [email protected]) and you’ll be entered into the drawing on May 15th! (Maximum $20/month streaming service).

Each additional friend you send the email to will count as an additional entry (25 person max).