Retirement
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What to Read in Retirement
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Retirement
I Kept My Retirement a Secret for 5 Years — 13 Things It Taught Me About Identity
Retirement can solve the problem of work while creating a question few people prepare for: Who are you when the job title…
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I Eased Into Retirement Over 3 Years Instead of Quitting Cold — 13 Things That Surprised Me
Retirement is often treated like a switch: one Friday you are working, and by Monday your calendar belongs entirely to you. But…
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Why Retiring on December 31 Is the Costliest Day of the Year to Quit
Retiring on December 31 feels almost perfect. You finish one calendar year as an employee and wake up January 1 as a…
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I Returned to Work at 70 — 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Warned Me About
Returning to work at 70 can look simple on paper: earn a paycheck, add structure to the week, and leave retirement savings…
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The 7 Phases of Retirement — Which One Are You Stuck In Right Now?
Retirement can look perfect on paper and still feel strangely wrong once you are living it. That is because the phases of…
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5 Retirement Money Personalities — And the One That Always Runs Dry
Retirement can make a perfectly sensible money habit turn risky. A lifelong saver may become afraid to spend, while a confident spender…
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I’m a Retirement Advisor — This Is the Advice I Give Every Client Who Turns 62
Turning 62 can make retirement feel close enough to touch, yet this is also where good savers can make an expensive mistake.…
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I Lost $327,000 in My First Year of Retirement — 11 Rules I Live By Now
Daniel Brooks entered retirement believing the hard part was over. Within one year, his retirement savings were down by $327,000. That number…
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I’m 62 With $910,000 and I’m Still Not Retiring — Here’s the Math Behind It
A $910,000 retirement balance sounds large until it has to replace a paycheck for decades. At 62, Robert would need that money…
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