Life After Full-time Work Blog
Learn about preparing for life after full-time work through posts from Don's upcoming book.
# 76 Healthy Life Expectancy
It isn’t just how long we might live that’s of interest. It also matters a lot how healthy our future years are. We’ll see in this post that health is a tough thing to measure.
#75 How Reliable An Income Stream Can You Get From Equity Dividends?
One for the geeks among you. Equities embody growth-seeking. But many people hope that they can use equity dividends as a component of their safety-oriented investments.
#74 Reflections On Being (And No Longer Being) An Actuary
My actuarial status has changed, with an emotional impact
#73 When The Time Comes To Make Decisions
This tale by a master story-teller is scary. It reminds us that we should think about potential disruptive things before they’re upon us. This post also explains why we prefer to postpone tough decisions.
#72 A Look Back At 1Q2019, And A Preview
A review of recent posts, and the preview mentions the forthcoming book
#71 A Liquidity Reservoir Creates Flexibility
If it’s possible, it helps a lot to have some money set aside for emergencies. In fact, as we’ll see in this post, a bit of cash also helps enormously to smooth out the impact of investment fluctuations.
#70 Three Goals, Three Instruments
This post looks at the main kinds of financial goals we have for retirement, and why each goal needs its own financial instrument.
# 69 With Two Extreme Philosophies, Either/Or Is A Bad Way To Frame The Choice
This post expands on the notion of philosophies that embrace only the safety or only the growth end of the spectrum along which goals are placed.
#68 Safety And Growth As Investment Goals
Here’s a clarification of the goals of safety and growth.
#67 Happiness Comes From Certainty About Not Outliving Your Assets
What’s the relationship between happiness and money? When we understand that, we can understand what retirees say scares them the most.
About me
Don has an extensive background in investing and consulting, and is also an accomplished author. His current writing project is focused on helping people prepare for a happy, financially secure life after they finish full-time work. Learn More...