Reinvent To Retire – Retirement Isn’t What It Used To Be
In recent decades retirement has been triggered by age, influenced by eligibility for social security benefits and employment retirement programs. Today retirement looks different, as the economy, good health and life expectancies have changed the retirement experience. In 2010, Business Insider reported that over 70 percent of those eligible for retirement can’t afford to retire and therefore stay in the workforce.
Happily, a significant number of retirement age workers are also putting off retirement because they like to work, are healthy enough to work, and feel like work plays such a significant part of their lives that they don’t want to give it up yet. Since people live longer on average than they did a few decades ago, working longer can be very beneficial to boomers and society at large.
When considering retirement it is important to reflect on what changes need to occur to move from where you are now to where you like to be in 10 years. Will keeping your current job get you where you want to be? Will starting a business help you succeed? What do you need to do to get to where you want to be and reach all your goals, personally and financially?
Many boomers have a lot of fears about retirement. Determine what your fears are. Common fears are:
Not Enough Money — The stock market has played havoc on many boomers’ retirement nest eggs. Cutbacks on savings plans at work, as well as having to contribute more to healthcare costs, less pay raises and even pay cuts have created fears about having enough money to retire. We can’t even rely on social security anymore, or so the news leads us to believe. Fear of not enough money can cause problems with your life today, as well as create a lot of fear based choices that might not be the best for you or your family.
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Maintaining a Clean Restroom at the Office
Posted by adoex in Business Tips, Office on December 31, 2011
Maintaining a clean restroom at the office can be a difficult task for many facility managers and building owners. Due to the large number of people in and out of your public restroom, always being able to maintain a clean and healthy environment for your visitors can take up a lot of your time which can become costly. To cut down on cost and to ensure you are offering the cleanest restroom environment possible, many are investing in automated and touch free restroom equipment.
Touch Free Advantages
Restrooms with touch free technology are able to provide a number of advantages to employees and customers that visit those public restrooms. Some of these advantages include the following:
Promote Health and Wellness – Bacteria and germs can multiply exponentially in public restrooms such as the ones found in your office. Automated bathroom products provide powerful protection to employees, customers and visitors alike. They also help lower the risk of cross-infection from user to user and helps maintain a clean, odor free environment.
Protects the Environment – Touch free bathroom equipment helps protect the environment by decreasing the level of toxic cleaning chemicals, lowers water consumption and uses less energy than manually powered equipment such as manual toilet flushers. These specific solutions are also considered “green services”. They are considered green because many of the products used in some of the hands free equipment are biodegradable. Touch-free feminine hygiene disposal services for instance usually include biodegradable liners. Talk to your hand free restroom equipment provider about more information pertaining to the equipment that may be considered “green”.
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Your Bathroom Sanitation Checklist
Posted by adoex in Sanitation on December 31, 2011
Cleaning your bathrooms at home can be a pretty simple task because you don’t have to clean them very often. When it comes to the restrooms at your office or school however, it can be a very difficult, costly and sometimes never ending task. To avoid the problems that often arise when you are in charge of keeping a public restroom facility clean, it would be wise to look into technological opportunities that are currently on the market and easy to purchase. These are listed below.
Air Fresheners
Nothing is worse than using a public restroom that has a bad odor. Air fresheners create a fresh smelling environment for all restroom facility users. Some of the latest air fresheners on the market can be fully installed and maintained by trained specialists and are comprised of no harmful aerosols. It is also important to use air fresheners that actually neutralize the smell instead of simply masking the odors.
Automatic Cleaners
Automatic urinal flushers and cleanings systems make certain that urinals and toilets are always clean, germ free and presentable to the next user. Clean restroom equipment, such as toilets, promote a healthy environment for employees, customers and visitors alike. Automatic cleaners can kill 99.9% of the bacteria and uric acid in the water. It can also help ensure that no human waste is left in the toilet after being used. Automatic cleaners also sanitize the bowl after every flush.
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