AARP, Your New BFF, Don’t Be Scared
I just joined AARP, and it didn’t hurt at all!
It actually made me quite happy when I learned about all the travel discounts I have to look forward to. But for years I was a senior age denier. That led to tossing out mailers, ads, and deleting emails, at a frantic pace. Yes, all my friends were seniors, but not me. I would gladly be the beneficiary of any discounts they could take when eating out together with them, but personally, nope, I was not gonna carry that card around. Every time the marketing materials came in the mail it reminded how far over the hill I had descended, closer and closer to that dreaded number, 62. It was a bit scary. I believed that if I joined AARP I would somehow immediately be zapped with a full head of grey hair, and then, forever be known as that “old lady” by all the kids on our street.
Well, I have to admit, I eventually gave in to the ads and joined, and I don’t have any more grey hair than before I joined. One of the main straws, was how I kept seeing the discounts in my Westway magazine from my AAA auto insurance company. We do a lot of traveling and the hotel discounts alone were an extremely attractive incentive. And, of course, there are many more advantages to being a member. I did not not realize how many — and what a wide variety — are offered. Some of these include finding free financial advice, saving on car, home, vision and dental insurance. Also, it allows you to pay less for prescriptions, books, and other discounts at a variety of shops and restaurants. But the very best part…and I know some of you will think I’ve lost any iota of cool that I may have possessed…is getting the AARP magazine and Bulletin. Really, every month they are choked full of helpful and well-written articles on a wide variety of topics that anyone would find useful for everyday living. For example, this month’s edition includes a voting and election guide for each state. And the editors make it entertaining, with interviews with a variety of celebrities, athletes, and other people of interest. The issues covered in the AARP magazine and Bulletin are the same issues that Action Advocates can help you with, such as social security, health insurance, and real estate ownership issues. The magazine and the accompanying bulletin newsletter have been some of my best resources to help keep up to date on information essential to our business. So, email Action Advocates for help with your everyday issues, and then, go for it, join up, if you’re at that golden age and get your own copy of their magazine and bulletin. I promise you won’t sprout grey whiskers or forget where you put your readers.