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Advice We Can Use: From an Octogenarian

Debbie Hatch  |  Pinnacle Personnel Services   I was scrolling through some past blogs earlier this morning and came across one I wrote back in June 2017. It’s as relevant today as it was then.     I had finished teaching in Altus, Oklahoma and was flying home to DC from Oklahoma City.  The woman

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This is my Thanksgiving

Pinnacle Personnel Services LLC  |  Debbie Hatch   It’s almost Thanksgiving and I’m in a reflective mood. I have so much to be thankful for. Today it is for unsolicited help from people who didn’t have to get involved.   When I was a single mom working mids, one of the other dispatchers came in

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These Numbers Are as Bleak as the Weather Outside my Window

Debbie Hatch  |  Pinnacle Personnel Services Updating my retirement savings slides this rainy morning, while I enjoy a cup of coffee. The numbers are as bleak as this weather.   According to a NW Mutual 2019 Planning & Progress Study, 22% of Americans have less than $5,000 in savings earmarked for retirement. 15% have no

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We’re Aging. Are you Ready?

Pinnacle Personnel Services, LLC  |  Debbie Hatch We’re Aging.  Are you Ready? By 2030 – just 10 short years from now – the U.S. Census Bureau projects that all baby boomers will be older than age 65. This will expand the size of the older population so that 1 in every 5 residents will be

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Are you already dreading your New Year’s resolutions?

Pinnacle Personnel Services  |  Debbie Hatch It’s here. The new year. Almost, anyway.  We still have Sunday and Monday to “enjoy ourselves” before changes start. January 1st holds so many dreams, hopes, and wishes. It’s the day thousands of people believe they will wake up and “just” be different.  Better.  We’ll finally do all of

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Healthy Nutrition in Just Five Habits

Pinnacle Personnel Services LLC  |  Debbie Hatch Did you know I’m a certified personal trainer? Or that I hold two national certifications in nutrition? Some people might view these facts as nothing more than, interesting, in a passing thought kind of way.  How much could personal training have to do with retirement? While I don’t

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We Assume Retirement Will “Just Happen”. How Bizarre!

Pinnacle Personnel Services, LLC  |  Debbie Hatch   Can I bother you with a question?  It’s a quick one but I’d like for you to take a few minutes to think about your answer. ==> We plan ahead for college or careers.   We understand that we must take certain classes, set money aside, and

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Thrive – Don’t Just Survive – the Holidays

Pinnacle Personnel Services, LLC  |  Debbie Hatch Updated 21 Nov 2019 I wrote Part I of this blog a couple days ago.  It discussed why people worry about “Surviving the Holidays”, and some of the misinformation accompanying that madness from the diet industry.  You can find it here. Today, in Part II, I’d like to

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2018 Medicare Rates Released

Pinnacle Personnel Services LLC  |  Debbie Hatch   Medicare Part A Is typically paid through a payroll tax.  Employers pay 1.45% of earnings and employees pay a minimum of 1.45% themselves.  Under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a surtax on earnings became effective 1 January 2013.  Since that time, people making $200,000 or more pay

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