Category: Retire Slowly

  • Dan McDermott

    Retire Gradually: Work at a Million Dollar Part-time Job

    While the rules of retirement spending may be shifting (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rules-of-retirement-spending-are-changing), the notion of withdrawing approximately 4% of your portfolio annually is a good rule of thumb. It allows you to withdraw a portion of your savings to augment Social Security and any other pensions or income sources without depleting your nest egg too soon. If you follow this approach your portfolio…

  • Dan McDermott

    Retire Slowly: Plan your Weeks Wisely

    This isn’t another retirement planning post suggesting that you map out each week to maximize your calendar and to-do list. Rather, if retiring by degrees is on your horizon, this is a post to remind you of the bigger picture.  To visualize and plan ALL your weeks wisely so you can make the most of your time doing things that…