Life After Full-time Work Blog

Learn about preparing for life after full-time work through posts from Don's upcoming book.

#139 What Makes You Happy?

Are there national or cultural characteristics that shape our feelings?

#122 A Webinar Interview On Retirement

I was interviewed at the annual Academic Forum of the (US) Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association

#116 Lazy? Or Smart?

We waste so much time doing unproductive things, Ernie Zelinski reminds us.

# 113 In Praise Of Ed Jacobson

He greatly influenced how I view life

# 112 Life Events And Teachable Moments

When something big happens, whether it’s positive or negative, it’s an opportunity to change our thinking. Here’s how.

#89 Explore Happiness And The Psychology Of Life Two

Introducing the stages in Route 1 of Freedom, Time, Happiness

#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.

#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.

#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.