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...]
Countdown to Retirement, Part 3
Today we continue the story of one of the Millionaire Money Mentors who chronicled the days leading up to his retirement. If you missed the first two installments in this series, you can catch up by reading part one and part two. As I noted in the first post, I'm leaving out all the conversation, feedback, suggestions, etc. from other members and mentors and simply … [Read more...]
Countdown to Retirement, Part 2
Today we continue the story of one of the Millionaire Money Mentors who chronicled the days leading up to his retirement. If you missed the start of this series, you can catch up by reading part one. As I noted in the first post, I'm leaving out all the conversation, feedback, suggestions, etc. from other members and mentors and simply letting the author tell his own … [Read more...]
Countdown to Retirement, Part 1
I have done many retirement interviews here on ESI Money -- giving readers a glimpse of what it's like after retirement. These are very popular and I'll keep doing them (volunteers, anyone?), but something unusual (and awesome) happened in the Millionaire Money Mentors forums that I have to share here (FYI, I'm doing so with the author's permission). A few months ago, one … [Read more...]
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