In Countdown to Retirement, a member of the Millionaire Money Mentors detailed his step-by-step countdown towards retirement. That inspired another member of the forums to do the same, sharing his yearlong journey (with a surprise!) with all the members. I asked him if I could share his story, he agreed, and that's what I have for you today! Note that the portions I'm … [Read more...]
The New Rules of Retirement, Threats to Income and Controlling Spending
Today we continue our review of The New Rules of Retirement: Strategies for a Secure Future. As usual, I'll be sharing some thoughts from the book as well as my opinions on what they say. We've already covered the book's introduction so if you haven't read that yet you should probably check it out before you read this post. Today we're going to get a glimpse of the new … [Read more...]
The New Rules of Retirement, Introduction
Today we begin reviewing a new book, The New Rules of Retirement: Strategies for a Secure Future. As is my custom, I'll be sharing some thoughts from the book as well as my opinions on what they say. This is a longer book, but we've covered much of it in other books and past posts, so I'll focus only on the newer stuff (or if I have comments I want to make). Let's get … [Read more...]
Huge List of Awesome Retirement Activities
In addition to having been retired for over five years now, I've currently read more than 50 retirement books. Combining my actual experience with the learnings and thoughts from others has left me convinced more than ever that creating an awesome retirement comes down to having two areas covered: money and life (time). You need to have enough money to retire, to provide … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 5 Years
Well, it's time for another retirement update where I share what it's like in the retired world of ESI. This is a very special update because it marks a half-decade in retirement for me. Pretty cool, right? In some ways it seems like yesterday that I retired, but mostly it feels like I've been retired for 15 years or so. Hahaha, that's those retirement reverse dog … [Read more...]
How to Fail at Retirement, Reasons 6 through 9 and Conclusion
Today we finish our series on the book Retirement Fail: The 9 Reasons People Flunk Post-Work Life and How to Ace Your Own. I'll share thoughts from the book as well as my take on what it says. We've already covered the introduction and Reasons 1 and 2 and Reasons 3 through 5, so if you haven't read those posts you may want to check them out before getting into this … [Read more...]
How to Fail at Retirement, Reasons 3 through 5
Today we continue our series on the book Retirement Fail: The 9 Reasons People Flunk Post-Work Life and How to Ace Your Own. I'll share thoughts from the book as well as my take on what it says. We've already covered the introduction and Reasons 1 and 2, so if you haven't read that you may want to check it out before getting into this post. That said, let's share some … [Read more...]
How to Fail at Retirement, Introduction and Reasons 1 and 2
Today I'm beginning a new series covering the book Retirement Fail: The 9 Reasons People Flunk Post-Work Life and How to Ace Your Own. I'll share thoughts from the book as well as my take on what it says. Obviously the idea here is that if we know where people fail at retirement, we can take steps to avoid these impediments and have a great retirement. I'll let you be … [Read more...]
A Deep-Dive Analysis of When to Take Social Security
When to claim Social Security is a question with no easy answers. There are simply too many variables, decisions, rules, etc. to sort through in making a great decision. My feeling is that by sharing how some are considering the subject and digging into it, we all can learn what issues might impact our own Social Security decisions. So when one of the Millionaire Money … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 4.75 Years
Well, it's time for another retirement update where I share what it's like in the retired world of ESI. This one is a few days early as I need a couple more days to finish a post for next week (so I moved this one up). And be sure to stick around to the end as I have a very nice giveaway today. If you didn't catch the last update, here it is. You may want to read it as … [Read more...]
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