Five lessons on having a happy attitude, directly from retired people with over 90 years of experience, in this journey...
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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 to mind; “Retirement Is Like An International Flight.” Laptop opens, the words begin to flow…..we’ll see where this goes. Buckle your seat belts, let’s go for a ride. Takeoff Minus...
Just like signposts help us navigate our journey down the highway, there are certain tell-tale signs that indicate where we...
Only 44% of Americans take vacations in a given year. What’s wrong with the other 56%? Today’s post from The...
“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...
I think, perhaps, that I am not normal. I read a fascinating (and, depressing) study by UBS recently, titled “When...
I never knew Aubrae Gunderson. She died on September 26, 2005. It was a tragic accident; she was struck by...
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...
What, you may wonder, do Retirement Planning and Swiss Trains have in common? Very little, it turns out, and that‘s...
There’s a special place at the end of my road – a place where time stands still. Or does it?...
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,...
According to a recent survey, the most significant retirement fears (by a sizeable margin) relate to being able to cover...
Carpe diem: a Latin aphorism usually translated to “seize the day”. 4 pm, and storm clouds were looming on the...
Things that were once important, due to the change in our life status, may now become less so. Other things, once less important, may become higher priorities. Identifying these areas as you prepare for retirement, and taking the necessary steps to align priorities, is an important focus in your final...
We’re all going to die. Morbid subject, right? Since we’re all going to end up there, isn’t it worth spending...
As my regular readers know, I occasionally inject a “non-finance” article into the world that is The Retirement Manifesto. It’s...
Over the past week, I’ve read several recent studies on depression in retirement. The findings are concerning. It turns out that depression in retirement is a surprisingly common problem, with one study citing that retirement increases the probability of depression by about 40 per cent. Another cites the highest increase...
I had an epiphany of sorts at 6:00 am one morning this week, which is the focus of today’s philosophical...