Today I learned about Madison...

The most rewarding thing about working with Nussentials is knowing that 5% of the company's revenue goes to feed hungry children, through an association with Children Incorporated.

I contacted Children Incorporated (through our company's rep support group) so that I could get information and start corresponding with a little girl in Appalachia who is benefitting from our program. Today I received the information along with a photograph of a sweet little pre-schooler from Kentucky. Her name is Madison...

She has that same mischievous smile that I see in the pre-school pictures my mother took of me over 45 years ago. The short bio they provided explained that she is well-liked, a "social butterfly" and "her dearest wish just now is to have new socks!"

And I wondered if I have the fortitude to make a few calls from the comfort and safety of my brand new, well-furnished, well-equipped office, and possibly suffer hearing a few people say "no" to our products or our opportunity. We are worlds apart - the "No's" that she hears hurt much more deeply than any I will ever hear over the phone from a customer or prospective business partner. I hope over the years to bridge that gap at least for her.

I'm going to add her photo to my vision board. Someday I hope to meet her, but meanwhile I'll correspond and with her and encourage her, and hope she knows that the world does care about her.

What Social Security Means to Me

I received my Social Security Statement today. That lovely little paper that lists "Your Estimated Benefits".

Here's the "wonderful" news that my statement offered:

If I stop working at age 62 (in 2015), I will receive approximately $13,920 per year. That's approximately $6.70 an hour -- about what I was earning 30 years ago!

The good news is that my current income is much higher than that. The bad news is that my standard of living is much higher than that too! So I need to either increase the amount of money available to me when I reach 62 by building my own retirement savings, or I'm going to have to learn how to survive on bread and water like the rest of the retired poor.

Fortunately I have a plan!

Did you know that 58% of baby boomer women have less than $10,000 in retirement savings?

If you're scared to retire, it's time to do something about it!

What is Nussentials?

Our mission at Nussentials is to positively impact the lives of individuals through enhancing personal health, creating personal residual income, and giving to those in need.

Nussentials provides health and wellness products based on all-natural stabilized rice bran. The products nourish your body by providing an incredibly potent mix of naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutriends.

OK, so that's a mouthful. Our products are changing things for the better for me and a lot of people I know... better health, a chance at wealth, and feeding the kids.

$ 9,408

$9,408.... $9,408!! That’s the average annual social security income received by women 65 years and older in 2004. $9,408 a year! That’s $784 a month. [Source: Social Security Administration]

Did you know that three out of every four elderly people who live in poverty are women? And that many of them weren't poor when their husbands were alive?

Nearly 80% of baby boomer women are not going to be financially secure in their retirement. Some of them will have to work until they're 74 because of inadequate retirement savings and pensions. Right now, 58% of them have less than $10,000 in retirement savings.

I’m one of those baby boomer women looking ahead to my retirement years and pondering those terrifying statistics. Many boomers face the prospects of being forced to live on less than half of what they struggle to survive on now. Are you scared to retire?

But here's what I found
I found Nussentials...

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