I’m sitting in the Delta lounge in Atlanta’s International Concourse F, awaiting a night flight to Dubai. A thought comes...
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“Downsizing” is often cited as a retirement strategy to both cut expenses and access the equity in a current “pre-retirement”...
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...
Carpe diem: a Latin aphorism usually translated to “seize the day”. 4 pm, and storm clouds were looming on the...
According to a recent survey, the most significant retirement fears (by a sizeable margin) relate to being able to cover...
There’s a special place at the end of my road – a place where time stands still. Or does it? Six years ago, my family got relocated from Ohio to Georgia. This move was our 8th relocation of my career, so we’re familiar with the process. We’ve never taken more...
Things that were once important, due to the change in our life status, may now become less so. Other things,...
As my regular readers know, I occasionally inject a “non-finance” article into the world that is The Retirement Manifesto. It’s...
Just like signposts help us navigate our journey down the highway, there are certain tell-tale signs that indicate where we are in our financial journey and happy retirement planning. Today, I urge you to check your status among these 7 key signposts to determine where you are in your personal journey...
I think, perhaps, that I am not normal. I read a fascinating (and, depressing) study by UBS recently, titled “When...
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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...
What, you may wonder, do Retirement Planning and Swiss Trains have in common? Very little, it turns out, and that‘s...
I never knew Aubrae Gunderson. She died on September 26, 2005. It was a tragic accident; she was struck by...
Only 44% of Americans take vacations in a given year. What’s wrong with the other 56%? Today’s post from The Retirement Manifesto will look at the topic of vacation. In particular, why folks don’t take them, and why they should. For a post on September, the typical “end of vacation”...
Five lessons on having a happy attitude, directly from retired people with over 90 years of experience, in this journey...
Over the past week, I’ve read several recent studies on depression in retirement. The findings are concerning. It turns out...
People say that leaders come in all shapes and sizes but, in practice, how often do they look beyond the regular hierarchy? Experience comes with age, so it has been the older workers who have become our leaders. Now things are different. The world has changed, the economy has changed,...
Change Your Career With Confidence While working your job, do you find yourself thinking about another career possibility? This isn’t...
