Life After Full-time Work Blog
Learn about preparing for life after full-time work through posts from Don's upcoming book.
#66 Risk: The Rubber Meets The Road
I’ve talked a lot about risk, particularly the impact of uncertainty in investment returns, all the way through. Here I’ll gather together a lot of those thoughts, give them names, and set them out in a way that gives you a framework for the sequence in which you can make risk decisions.
#65 Happy Holidays, And All The Best For 2019!
A summary of the posts in the last quarter.
#64 Ever Thought About A Retirement Dry Run?
Here’s the story of a couple who actually did a “dry run” to test how their retirement might work. In this post we’ll explore the why and the how with them.
#63 Move Beyond The Workplace, Explore Life’s Journey
You’re not the first to embark on this stage of the journey. Learn from the experience of others.
#62 Conversations At DC West 2018 About Education For Life Two
Here are the reactions I remember, following my talk that made the case for education for Life Two.
#61 Readiness for Life After Full-Time Work
This is how I made the case for retirement education, at a recent conference.
#60 Your Responses To My Question
Here’s what you said about retirement education.
#59 Transitioning Away From Full-Time Work
When we retire, we know what we’re leaving. But we don’t often know what we’re going to. In this post we’ll see why it’s unhealthy to contemplate a blank future, and why it’s important to recognize that we’ll probably transition gradually, not jump instantly, into a new lifestyle.
#58 A Personal Update And A Question For You
What I’ve been up to, and a request
#57 Reinventing Yourself In A New Land
Mostly we don’t think about life after work until it gets really near. Then there’s little time to adjust, and we might find the transition scary. But you can learn from the ideas I’ve grabbed here from others — and you may actually have done something similar before.
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...