September 19, 2022

The Keys to a Happy Retirement – Carol Colburn

28 minutes

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Who doesn't want to retire happy? There's no magic formula. You have to determine what the key ingredients are for you. But there are clues that can help you discern what will lead to happiness and satisfaction in your retirement life. And one thing often leads to another. For Carol Colburn, a big one has been travel, and that's led to new pursuits in writing and photography. She shares her insights on a longer list of the keys to a happy retirement. Listen in. It just might unlock your ability to retire happy in your own way.

Carol joins us from Arizona.

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Bio

Carolina Esguerra Colborn had a distinguished career in Philippine business before migrating to the US in 2004. She was former President/CEO of BayanTrade, e-procurement hub of the Philippines; Managing Director of SAP Philippines; Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue; General Manager of MegaLink, the ATM transaction switch of banks, and Vice-President of the Development Academy of the Philippines, the government consulting arm. She also worked for Andersen Consulting, IBM and NCR. Twice a recipient of the Most Powerful Women in IT Award, she represented the private sector in the National Information Technology Council.

Carolina settled in Seattle, Washington where her eldest daughter lived. While babysitting a grandson, she also taught as adjunct professor in business at Seattle Central Community College, Central Washington University, and Renton Technical College. She even volunteered at SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, as a small business counselor and lecturer on marketing.

In 2007, she met Bill Colborn and married him a year later. Soon he sold his business, and they embarked on a five-year cruise of North America in an RV. She not only soaked up great American sights in forty-nine American states, nine Canadian provinces, and six Mexican states, but also became deeply immersed in American culture and history. Within the cozy confines of a 350-sq. ft. motorhome, life lessons came as fast as scenes changed. In 2015 this epic journey was chronicled in her travel book Carolina: Cruising to an American Dream.

This year she released a handy booklet, Cruising in an RV. the basics you need to know, for those looking to start RVing. This will soon be followed by her second travel book, Cruising Past Seventy. It’s Not Only about Outer Journeys. It’s Also about Inner Ones. She continues to maintain a travel blog, Cruising Past 70, several posts of which also have been republished elsewhere. She also writes bimonthly for travelawaits.com, an online travel magazine. Bill and Carolina now use Phoenix, Arizona as a base for their travels within and outside the US. From there, she has traveled to thirty-eight countries.

She holds a BS in Mathematics, MBA, and DPA abd from the University of the Philippines.

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For More on Carol Colburn

Cruising Past Seventy: It's Not Only about Outer Journeys. It's Also about Inner Ones

Expert Contributor Articles on TravelAwaits.com

Blog

Website

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