Welcome to part 3 of my thoughts on Retirement Reinvention. In case you missed the first two parts, here's part 1 and here's part 2. I'll be sharing some thoughts from the book and commenting on them along the way. Here we go... The Worst Retirement Financial Moves The book asked retirees what was their worst money move before retirement. Here are the … [Read more...]

I recently finished Retirement Reinvention. It's a very good retirement book IMO. I bought it thinking the book was more about creating a post-retirement career (and it does cover that subject) but it's much more. It's a well-rounded view of what anyone should be considering and taking action on to prepare for a great retirement. Or, as the book suggests, reinventing … [Read more...]

One of the retirement books I've read recently is 20 Retirement Decisions You Need to Make Right Now. Overall, I found it to be an "ok" book. It was pretty basic overall and most of its information can be found in other books (so not much new). That's an opinion from a more advanced retirement planner. For a novice, I think the book would be quite useful since it covers a … [Read more...]

A while ago I started a journey. I had been retired a couple years or so by then and somehow I got on the "kick" of reading retirement books. By that time I was an "old expert" at the retirement thing and I wanted to see who knew their stuff and who was simply blowing smoke. (And believe me, there are plenty of people out there who are writing about retirement who don't … [Read more...]

Today we'll conclude my thoughts from the book How to Retire Happy. If you missed part one of this review, you can find it here. Today we'll cover a few of the unique topics this book highlights and I'll share my thoughts. Let's get started... Retiring and Working: Having It Both Ways The author addresses working in retirement with the following: The line between … [Read more...]

Today I'm going to cover a new retirement book I just completed. This one is How to Retire Happy which has the subtitle of "The 12 Most Important Decisions You Must Make Before You Retire". Over the course of a couple posts I'll share some of the unique parts I liked about this book and let you decide what you think. But before we get to that, let's take time to make a … [Read more...]

I just finished a fun little retirement book called 101 Fun Things to Do in Retirement. We've discussed a few issues around retirement activities in previous posts. First, we've discovered (or at least I have, maybe you knew it already) that some people retire and are then bored out of their minds -- they don't know what to do with their time. This makes for a sad … [Read more...]