People say that leaders come in all shapes and sizes but, in practice, how often do they look beyond the...
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I’m sitting in the Delta lounge in Atlanta’s International Concourse F, awaiting a night flight to Dubai. A thought comes...
“Downsizing” is often cited as a retirement strategy to both cut expenses and access the equity in a current “pre-retirement” home. This article will look at the concept of downsizing, and share the author’s personal strategy to downsize as part of his retirement plan. Why do you live in a...
There’s a special place at the end of my road – a place where time stands still. Or does it?...
Just like signposts help us navigate our journey down the highway, there are certain tell-tale signs that indicate where we...
I never knew Aubrae Gunderson. She died on September 26, 2005. It was a tragic accident; she was struck by a car while running with her cross country team at my local High School. Right in front of the school. They renamed the road in her honor, and there’s a...
What, you may wonder, do Retirement Planning and Swiss Trains have in common? Very little, it turns out, and that‘s...
Five lessons on having a happy attitude, directly from retired people with over 90 years of experience, in this journey...
Change Your Career With Confidence While working your job, do you find yourself thinking about another career possibility? This isn’t atypical. Career change is something that most people experience several times in their lives. For example, did you know that less than 30 percent of people work at a job...
Only 44% of Americans take vacations in a given year. What’s wrong with the other 56%? Today’s post from The...
As my regular readers know, I occasionally inject a “non-finance” article into the world that is The Retirement Manifesto. It’s...
We’re all going to die. Morbid subject, right? Since we’re all going to end up there, isn’t it worth spending some time thinking about it, especially when we still have time to make changes? Isn’t there value in learning from those who have gone before, to avoid making the same...
I think, perhaps, that I am not normal. I read a fascinating (and, depressing) study by UBS recently, titled “When...
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored ad. Did you know nearly one-third of Americans have not put together a plan for...
According to a recent survey, the most significant retirement fears (by a sizeable margin) relate to being able to cover your expenses once the paychecks stop flowing financially. The summary of the survey is shown below: To best address these fears, it is critical to understand various withdrawal strategies for...
Over the past week, I’ve read several recent studies on depression in retirement. The findings are concerning. It turns out...
Things that were once important, due to the change in our life status, may now become less so. Other things,...
I had an epiphany of sorts at 6:00 am one morning this week, which is the focus of today’s philosophical article. While I’ve intuitively understood the concept I’ll discuss in this article; it crystallized in my mind as I drove through the chaos of Atlanta’s rush hour, listening to an...
Carpe diem: a Latin aphorism usually translated to “seize the day”. 4 pm, and storm clouds were looming on the...
