What we've learned about retiring early, health, technology, RVing and an active lifestyle.
Mark Boothby
Can you believe it? Just 10% of people eat the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables. No wonder we have a health epidemic! This information comes from the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. but I don’t think we in Canada are in any better shape. After all, most of the U.S. has a … Read more
First off, ask yourself what your health is worth. I know its worth the price of a daily cup of coffee. I know that before I became aware of the benefits I thought about the cost. But after the first 4 months it never, ever crossed my mind again. I retired my cane to the … Read more
I wrote yesterday about How Nature is so Smart. Well to ensure Nature is not messed with I thought I’d tell you about how Juice Plus+ is made. We get awesome support from the Company. I can’t explain how Juice Plus+ is made any better than this video and webpage. I’ve always been so impressed … Read more
Let’s start off with a video of the importance of having fruit and vegetables in your diet. https://youtu.be/ciHd6ez505g This video talks about all the substantial benefits of eating more fruit and vegetables. The video is a few years old. The number of servings per day has changed since then. Here is some info from the … Read more
When I retired I had no specific goals; just 2 broad goals I wanted to accomplish: Regain my Health Don’t spend the rest of my life watching Netflix on the couch. We had a great media room mind you, but I had no intention of spending a lot of time there. When I retired I … Read more
Has your Doctor talked to you about nutrition? Mine did, for years my family physician told me to lose weight. That didnt sink in because overall, I was feeling fine. What I didn’t know and refused to accept was that my lifestyle was killing me. Eventually, it caught up to me and I had a … Read more
We’ve been isolating ourselves since March 5th. Many local governments are releasing cautious plans to reopen. What will we learn from this Pause? We ponder that question in this blog. First off, it’s been along time since I posted on this site. Well, I have been writing. One of my volunteer positions is with the … Read more
How are you doing during physical distancing? I so prefer that term over social distancing. We still have tools to communicate socially so physical distancing is so much more accurate. The first couple of days we did not accomplish much. We soon learned to develop a routine and we accomplish much more while reducing TV … Read more
We have to take the pandemic seriously, so we were concerned about leaving to start our contract. Both Provinces have a lot of people ill so that wasn’t part of our considerations. Being close to family and being involved in the Stampede always draws us to the Williams Lake Stampede. But, the pandemic is growing … Read more
With the flu, Covid-19 and Shingles so much on the TV, we have taken steps to pump up our immune systems. We came up with the photo above after the 1000th bad new broadcast of that day. While certainly serious to people of certain ages or health conditions, the experts are not saying you have … Read more