Are you nearing your second half?
What nobody tells you about the 10 years surrounding retirement.
It isn't the downhill side — it's the part where you finally know what you're doing. Medicare, money, family, and everything in between: checked, dated, and written in plain English.
We built this because most sites either patronize this stage of life or ignore it entirely. This one won't do either. Short, straight answers — no jargon, no fine print you need a magnifying glass for, no assumption that getting older means slowing down.
— The Second Half Guide
What we're covering
Thirty pieces published so far — the dates, thresholds and dollar figures worth knowing as you approach 60, plus the parts of this stage that have nothing to do with paperwork. Tell us what to write next in the form below.
Medicare & health insurance
Enrollment windows, what the drug cap really covers, and where Medicare stops working.
Money & the tax year
The dated facts — deduction amounts, claiming ages, the thresholds that move each year.
Paperwork that matters
Wills, beneficiary forms, digital accounts — explained without the law-school vocabulary.
Scam & fraud protection
The current phone, email, and gift-card scams — and exactly what to do if one gets through.
Aging in place
The home changes that actually matter — and the ones that are just upsells.
Travel & discounts
Where the real senior discounts are, which age unlocks what, and which ones aren't worth having.
Grandparenting & family
Staying close across the distance — and the boundaries that keep everyone happy.
What matters most to you right now?
Pick as many as you like, or just write in. We're building the first guides from what people actually ask for.
We set the type larger than most sites and picked a typeface built for easier reading, on purpose. If anything here is still hard to read, that's useful for us to know — say so in the form above.