Life After Full-time Work Blog
Learn about preparing for life after full-time work through posts from Don's upcoming book.
#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.
#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
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...