Joe Battista
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Now That You’ve Graduated, What’s Next?
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Graduation is a time to celebrate but it can also be a time of tremendous stress as high school, technical school and college graduates all seek to answer, “What’s next?” It’s that time of the year when I remind young adults (and their parents) to take the time needed to develop great options and make…
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The Sound of Freedom
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While on a beautiful drive home from a day in Charleston, South Carolina, with my visiting parents, we happened to stop for gas outside the postcard-worthy southern town of Beaufort. At that moment, a thunderous noise blasted over top of us, followed in rapid succession by several more. As we looked up, we could see…
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Driven (Crazy) By Golf
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Why do people play golf? It takes a lot of time, money and, most of all, anger management. You can hit a perfect shot only to get a bad bounce or have your ball impacted by a sudden gust of wind or have it land in someone’s divot or roll over someone’s unrepaired ball mark on…
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Making Your Time Count
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When was the last time you reached out to your parents, siblings, children, relatives or a good friend to plan and execute a special trip or event? This is your reminder to get it done! I’ve had the past two weeks circled on my calendar for a long time: a trip back to State College,…
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Have You Ever Considered a Life Coach or Retirement Coach?
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Now that I have “retired” and am living in an over-55 active adult community, the subject of retirement, and all its joys and trappings, has become a much more talked about topic. It’s talked about at the dog parks, church, cafés, restaurants, golf courses, pickleball courts and just about everywhere else here in our private paradise…
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What Did You Do for Spring Break?
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Picture this conversation among several college seniors choosing their destination for their final spring break: “Hey guys, what do you want to do for spring break? Visit Fort Lauderdale, Daytona Beach or Panama City in Florida? How about Cabo San Lucas or Cancun, Mexico? Or we could go skiing in Colorado or Vermont? Maybe a…
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Athlete or Athletic Supporter?
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When we “retired” to South Carolina in September, I didn’t realize it would mean I was coming out of retirement as an athlete. Well, sort of an athlete, or a very loose description of what that once meant. I’ve joked for years that I’m no longer an athlete, just an athletic supporter. Pun intended. Last…
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THON On: Lasting Memories and an Enduring Impact
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It’s here, that time for a wonderful, magical weekend when everyone puts aside their differences and truly unites for a common cause. It’s the annual Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon Weekend that benefits the Four Diamonds Fund to fight pediatric cancer, and it’s been going on since 1973. It is the world’s largest student-run philanthropy…
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Avoiding the Financial ‘Boomer’ang
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“In 2017, 49% of adults from the ages of 55 to 66 had no personal retirement savings, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation.” – Erin Lowry, Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering personal finance. Let that sink in for a minute. Sorry folks, this will not necessarily be one of my…
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The Joys of Coaching Youth Sports
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It was a gorgeous sunny Sunday morning just south of Sun Valley, Idaho for our final day of Overspeed Hockey’s Winter Clinics at the town of Hailey’s Campion Ice House. Riley, a young “Squirt” player (ages 9-10) was changing shifts when she slipped on the ice and slid feet first into the foam and vinyl…