Friday Finds 10/10/14
Steps For Retirement
Here is an article that lists the key steps to take as you progress toward retirement. It highlights the financial aspect of dialing back on your stocks, moving toward cash, setting a realistic budget, clarifying your social security income adjustments, signing up for medicare, and getting yourself started by preparing for that first bucket list trip. Although I am not opposed to the financial planning suggestions, I am opposed to hitting the ground running and jump starting retirement with one of your long-awaited trips. I strongly encourage a very different approach. I am a great fan of Hemingway’s quote: “First, you must last.” Therefore, I encourage you to take the first 6 months of retirement to focus on self-improvement. You need to improve your physical health and mental sharpness; you need to reclassify your forgotten passions and hidden talents / interests; and you need to re-ignite some ignored connections with family and friends. In short, you need to redesign your life and reset your compass. Once you have accomplished that primary task, then — and only then […]
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