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The Million-Dollar One-Person Business by Elaine Pofeldt
It’s a brave new world for all of us navigating a working life today. As Elaine Pofeldt writes, “The truth is, we don’t know yet what a w..
The Couple’s Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together
“The most important asset you have in retirement is each other.”
We liked this book, The Couple’s Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Convers..
What I Wish I’d Known: Life Lessons on Retirement
As we approach our own retirement, I’ve come back several times to this New York Times video, where young journalism students were paired ..
Notes on Rewirement: Rewiring the Way You Think About Retirement
Jamie Hopkins has a passion for educating consumers on financial best practices. He came to the American College of Financial Services, a ..
Life Lessons from “Happiness is a Choice You Make”
We couldn’t decide whether to put our post on John Leland’s wonderful book in the retirement or wellness section of the blog, so we’re che..
Reinventing Ourselves for The New Landscape of Retirement
I wrote in our last retirement post about my father Leo’s decades of retirement that were secured by his pension from General Motors and h..
Remembering How Retirement Used To Be— When a Good Factory Job Led to a Secure Retirement
Here’s a tale of the good old days, when a middle class family— my family—lived well and retired well on a factory worker’s income. It’s ..
Mend Don’t Spend
I’m noticing these days quite a few references to the idea of “shopping your own closet” and “mend don’t spend,” something that resonates with me personally as I get older.
Where do you want to retire?
Good question. In your mind’s eye, what does your life look life when you can do more of what you want?
For us, we plan to move between ..