Retirement is a harder transition than most people realize. Sure, you’ve made it across “The Starting Line,” and you have freedom unlike any other time in life. But it also […]
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Tag: Inspiration
How Do You Know When Your “Retirement Room” Is Ready?
Six months ago, in my first Retirement Manifesto guest post, Retirement – My Journey From “No, Never” to “Maybe One Day, I wrote: “Suddenly, retirement wasn’t a vague checkbox I […]
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The Gap Between Living And Living Well
On rare occasions, I read something so insightful that I feel compelled to share it with the readers of this blog. Today’s article is an example of one such occasion. […]
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Retirement Is a Sprint, Not a Marathon
We’ve all heard the line: “Retirement is a marathon, not a sprint.” It sounds reasonable on the surface. You’ve got 20, maybe 30 years ahead of you. Take it slow. […]
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Glory Days (They’ll Pass You By)
It was a beautiful October afternoon. I was driving home after an enjoyable mountain bike ride in the Appalachian Mountains, savoring the cool breeze through the open windows in my […]
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Traveling In The Arctic
It was a spontaneous decision. “Let’s Go To The Arctic!” My wife and I were on our way home last summer from a Disney Cruise we took with our daughter […]
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A New Chapter for The Retirement Manifesto
A month ago, I wrote about my retirement from full-time blogging and made the following statement: “I don’t know exactly what that means yet, but I’m going to explore it for […]
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I Am Rich And Have No Idea What To Do With My Life
I read something a while back and it penetrated my brain. It’s a story of wealth, but it’s more than that. When I first read the story, my initial impression […]
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7 Hidden Traps of Retirement
My friends at Apex Money recently shared an article that made me think. The article was from the Harvard Business Review and highlighted 7 Hidden Traps of Retirement, which the […]
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Why I Write A “Love Letter” Every Year (and you should, too)
None of us want to die. All of us will. In preparation for that inevitability, I write an annual “Love Letter” to my wife. In the event of my passing, […]
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