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Planning your future financial wellness needs to address with whom you spend your time, what you’ll do, where you’ll live, and also your purpose or how you’ll find meaning for this time of your life.
The happiest retirees have a plan for how to spend their time. More importantly, they understand the habits and and mindset required to stay vital, connected, and satisfied with life. Retirement depression and boredom is a real thing, but it is easily combatted with the right outlook and routine.
Get tips for celebrating retirement and planning a happy retirement. You deserve it!
There are so many great retirement gift ideas. Browse this list for meaningful, funny and thoughtful retirement gifts. Retirement is a Big Deal… So, Find the Best Retirement Gift Of all the life transitions that merit gifts — graduation, marriage and the birth of a baby — retirement might be the most significant change and […]
We are starting a running list of retirement related stories from around the internet: the latest, wild, wacky, profound, exciting or heartwarming news about retirement and aging. Do you have a retirement story you think belongs here? Email us! Aging is… Optional? David Sinclair is a Harvard professor who made Time Magazine’s list of of […]
Retirement can be hard. Sure, some people slide right into it with no problem at all. Others are bored at best and depressed at worst. It is not the financial pressure that is usually the problem. Issues usually come from the fact that work often provides the emotional, mental and social stimuli that you need […]
There is surprising buzz around Stoicism, an ancient Greek philosophy. See how Stoic wisdom can help you achieve financial wellness.
We want a happy, stress-free life after retirement. However, many of us also want a meaningful life. Find out how to plan for a meaningful retirement.
We really need another word for retirement. We are not withdrawing. Most of us aren’t even stopping work! Here are some alternatives. What do you suggest?
Run don’t walk toward life after retirement. Research says it will be the best time of your life. Explore 8 tips to get ready to retire now!
Your personal financial situation and external financial pressures can cause stress and we all need support sometimes. Here are 12 ideas for where to turn when your confidence is rattled.
Having a group to discuss your finances with can be a source of calm, inspiration, know-how, and fun. Learn about starting a retirement planning club.
Better than a “to do” list, discover how a “to-be” list can align your daily actions with your long-term values and aspirations.
Kids, retirement, and aging parents – midlife brings a lot of competing priorities. Here are 8 things you can do to overcome feelings of financial stress.
Want a short cut to a wealthy and happy retirement? These 23 Best TED Talks can help you feel inspired, be smarter and have a better future.
Graduation and retirement are arguably the two biggest life transitions anyone will ever experience. With both rites of passage, everything about your daily experience changes in the short term and your goals for the future become more far sighted and poignant. Therefore, we wondered if perhaps retirees had anything to learn from the wisdom of […]
Retirement reinvention!?! Maybe you want nothing to change once you retire, or maybe you’re anxious for that next new phase and what it could bring. Retirement isn’t one idea, and it’s definitely not static. It’s just the next stage. And with Americans living much longer than ever before, it can last more than 20 years. […]
Financial goals are usually numerical. Nothing wrong with that, but you probably also want to manage your money for happiness. Find out how.
Rain. Snow. Sleet. Cold. Once the coziness of winter holidays passes, dark weather can weigh heavily on our psyches. However, when you retire, you have more freedom to seek and enjoy sunnier or more temperate climates. What’s holding you back? Here are nine tips, tricks and things to consider when thinking about a warmer location […]
Getting old is not all fun and games. However, it is not nearly as dismal as you might think, assuming you follow a few guidelines. Furthermore, it can actually be enormously beneficial for you to think about growing old. Contemplating your future as an older person can: Help you create a better plan and make […]
It is that time of year. Time to set goals and set a resolution for 2018. Here are some retirement resolution ideas that address wealth, health and happiness. Choose one or something from each category. Top Financial Retirement Resolutions? Find Wealth! It may come as no surprise, but saving more and saving more for retirement […]
Some 93% of retirees say life is as good as ever, but retirement reshapes marriages, budgets, and mental health in ways most plans ignore.
There’s certainly no shortage of retirement blogs, but many, if not most of them, focus on financial matters. That’s important, but not everything in retirement revolves around money. That’s like saying once you retire, you’re only interested in saving money, keeping money, investing money, and worrying about money. Not all retirement blogs have such a […]
Volunteering after retirement can be a win-win situation. It gives you a chance to do good work that you’re passionate about and that you might not have had time to do when working at your career. It can also open doorways to a second career, either full or part time, while helping people, all at […]
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