Congratulations! You’ve finally had that first glorious day of retirement: no alarm to answer to, no reason to rush through breakfast and get out the door. All you need to do is exactly what you want. If you’re like most retirees, however, this is more easily said than done. Retirement is an adjustment, and it…
The Good You have made it to that goal in life where you can hang up the keys to your brick-and-mortar job. Congratulations. It has been a long road to travel, but now you have the time to do things you never had time to do before. The Bad Now that the time has come to make the…
So, you’ve retired. You finally have all of that free time you’ve been dreaming about. Now, what are you going to do with it? You don’t want to spend these years sitting around. How about using some of this time to get outside? Have you wanted to do more hiking but didn’t have the time?…
Most people look forward to retiring, with dreams of enjoying the fruits of decades of hard work and saving. Those dreams may encompass exciting adventures like traveling the world, or simpler goals like spending more time with a spouse or grandchildren. Others may look forward to enjoying a favorite hobby like gardening, putting together jigsaw puzzles,…
According to one recent survey, the average retiree gets bored just one short year after leaving their job behind for the last time. Someone works all their life, saves whatever they can, and just when they’re finally ready to enjoy the lifestyle they put so much effort into achieving… they quickly find that they’re not…
When most people talk about a retirement legacy, they’re referring to financial wealth and estate planning. That’s not the legacy we’re talking about here, although the two can be related. Your real legacy — the one that matters to the people who care about you most — is the things that define your life. What…