Welcome!

I don’t know where you’ve been for the last 10 or 20 years but, if you’re here now, I’m thinking you’re thinking about your next chapter. Yay! you’re in great company.

I’m not sure how old you are, but whatever your age, we’re all living longer and we need something to focus on for the next 20, 30, 40, hell, maybe even 50 years! What better project than your life and all the things you still want to accomplish.

Boom With a Bang! and Sassy Savvy Successful is a community guided by me, Agnes Knowles, on a Mission to help you create a life that gives you fulfillment, and a knowledge that your life is of your design – not the fallout from your history or current circumstances.

I’ve probably done most of the things you expect a woman my age to have done: married and divorced; three children; variety of jobs over the years including a couple of home-based businesses and, finally, a pretty good career; gave up that career (and home and life) to move and take care of a dementing mother; adult daughter moved back home with a baby; financial struggles; sucker-punched by the post-2007 economy… waa, waa, waa – I know you probably tell a similar story (or worse).

The reason I tell you this is not for sympathy… (that gets us nowhere fast!)… but to let you know I understand this thing called ‘Retirement’ is new to us. We don’t have many real role models – our parents were probably old by this age – but we can be role models for future generations!

Check out the various pages and make sure you check out the podcast. I’m in my fourth season now and my guests are as varied as our demographic is. If you want me to cover a subject on podcast, let me know. If you want to be a guest, bring it on! There’s a Contact button at the top of this page.