By: Financial Samurai
Having an encore career is wonderful imo. To be able to explore new careers, or new endeavor without really needing the money at all is awesome! I plan on kicking back for a while after retirement and...
View ArticleBy: krantcents
I am working longer to receive a larger pension in my career. Not necessarily by choice. I entered teaching late (55 y.o.) after my first retirement. In order to receive a full pension and benefits, I...
View ArticleBy: Shannon-ReadyForZero
I will definitely work as long as possible (not just to save more money but also because I enjoy working). But I understand that, as you mentioned, this isn’t always possible. I’m going to be 30 in a...
View ArticleBy: Lance @ Money Life and More
I am lucky in that I am young, in my twenties, and am saving a significant portion of my income compared to most so hopefully this allows me to retire at least on time or when I need to if before that.
View ArticleBy: William @ Drop Dead Money
I’m at the other end of the age spectrum from Lance :) For a while there I was pretty stressed about what you call retirement number, but what I call drop dead money (enough money to tell everyone...
View ArticleBy: tbork84
I am on the younger side of the spectrum, and I was lucky enough to miss out on the most recent economic downturn. Besides putting away as much as I am able to for retirement and avoiding consumer...
View ArticleBy: Luke Landes (Flexo)
But what if your ability to work is cut off before you intend?… if that “no longer able to” time comes too early for some external reason?
View ArticleBy: William @ Drop Dead Money
That’s a real risk nowadays, that’s for sure! Job security as we knew it is on life support. tbork seems to have adopted the idea that he wants to work by choice toward the end of his career. If that...
View ArticleBy: qixx
Is it actually possible to work in retirement. I have always felt that just because someone is of retirement age and or drawing from an retirement account that they are not retired until they actually...
View ArticleBy: Ceecee
Oh boy, you nailed it with this one. With me, it wasn’t myself who got ill, but my boss. She died within six months of a cancer diagnosis, and her business shut down. Double shock. I’m starting over,...
View ArticleBy: Eddie Fink
The fact is, all a reasonable person can do is best-guess how to plan for the future, recognize it all may come to naught, and deal with what comes. And that, also, has been the fact for most of human...
View ArticleBy: Aaron
I will probably be one of those working through “retirement”. If you are already doing something you enjoy doing (which, for the most part, I am) – I don’t know why there’d be any reason to quit...
View ArticleBy: Tom Smith
The entire concept of retirement is outdated and nearing obsolescence.. It originated due to life expectancy. People SHOULD be working later if they’re living later.
View ArticlePlanning to Work Into Retirement
In a world where employees can’t rely on long-term relationships with their employers, most of which no longer offer relatively safe retirement protection through pensions, planning for retirement, at...
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