About

Welcome to my website!

I’m Bob, the funner, better looking dude trapped inside “the Elder”.

When I was 50, he surprised me one night as I walked passed the bathroom mirror.

“What the hell?” I exclaimed!

I’d been abducted by The Elder. He’d stolen my once healthy body and wrecked it. I was trapped.

“Settle down,” he said, “we’re going to be together for a very long time. Get used to it.”

So now I’m two people in one.

Bob, the inside man, the mind. The thoughts. I’m the happy-go-lucky, energetic, fun-loving, wide-eyed, adventurer. I have many things listed to fill the next 50 years of my life and I’m determined not to let “the Elder” slow me down or keep me from fulfilling my dreams. Bob is more like 12 than 60. Curious, easily amused, outgoing. He’s the planner, the goal setter, the go-getter.

Then, there’s “The Elder”. The facade. The exterior me. The body. “The Elder” requires a lot more maintenance than he used to. He slows me down. He’s kinda lazy, likes to nap a lot. He’s always wrecking my body stuff. (truth be told he hurts me a lot sometimes). Mostly, he IS a pain. But on the plus side, he’s done a lot of stuff, been a lot of places, and knows a lot about all kinds of things. “Wisdom of the Aged” I think he calls it. He forgets a lot too.

Come to find out, a lot of people my age have been abducted by the alien “Elder”. Young minds trapped in older bodies. I’ve seen some surrender entirely. They give up the whole thing, grab a chair and wait for the grim reaper.

I said, “Hell no, I’ve got stuff to do!”

So “the Elder” and I worked it out. We’ve found a lot of ways to make this thing work so we don’t kill each other.

We’re here to share our success stories and resources to help others press on to fulfill their life’s biggest and best dreams. And to share our failures as a warning to steer clear of these pitfalls.

We (I’ll) share what works and what doesn’t from our personal experience.

If you’re down to fight too, to “not go gentle into that good night”, as Dylan Thomas writes, then welcome aboard! You’ve found a new friend in the fight and I have too!

I have things I’m excited to do yet in this life, and by God, as long as I can think a coherent thought in my head, I’m doing them. Even if I have to drag that lazy, old, mean Elder along every step of the way!

Who’s with me!

I’ll be like “The Retirement Coach”.

Is that a good name?

Join the mailing list above and I’ll send you cool stuff from time to time.

Bookmark this page too. (Elder always forgets where stuff is. You too?

What value will I be bringing to you?

Real life health experiences: the good, the bad, the ugly, the downright fraudulent, the questionable, and the new. I’ll be your guinea pig!

Real Life Income Opportunities: the internet is fat with information but slim on facts. I’ll keep you posted on what works for me with the nuts and bolts of how to do it, not just the theory.

Fun: If you enjoy the daily routine, the predictability, the seriousness of getting older, I may not be your cup of tea. I love to have fun! Mix it up. Seek variety and new adventures. Try new things. Laugh. Love, Give, Dare. That’s actually part of a tattoo design I created, waiting to be inked into my arm. I’ll keep you posted. It’s my first tattoo!

Meanwhile, stay and have fun here; learn stuff, do stuff.

Bene vivere!

Bob (The Elder) Schwarztrauber

(Argh! He made me put “The Elder” in there…what a ham!)

Together, Elder and I are “self-published author, photographer, marketing consultant, fixer of all things, and lover of travel and fun.”

How can “we” help you?