Tag: #retiregradually

  • Dan McDermott

    Phased Retirement: Change is Hard

    No matter who I talk to, their thoughts on retirement are generally quite positive.  There’s usually a focus on all the good things about retirement – freedom of schedule, a more relaxed lifestyle with family and friends, opportunities to pursue long-held interests, and meeting new friends. There’s also typically quite a lot of commentary about things that won’t be missed…

  • Dan McDermott

    Phased Retirement: Not a Permanent Decision

    Nowadays retirement doesn’t have the notion of permanence that it once did. When people think about retiring and stepping away from the workforce, they often think of it as a forever decision. And so it’s not quite one they’re ready to make, either financially, socially, or emotionally. Whether from past experience or lack of confidence, we seem to mentally view stepping…

  • Dan McDermott

    Phased Retirement: A Blueprint for Success

    Several years ago, during our company’s staff development cycle, I told an analyst who reported to me that he had to own the process, that I couldn’t set his goals for him, which seemed pretty obvious.  But then, since our discussion was an informal one, I said (only partially in jest), “Well, actually, I bet I can set your goals!”…

  • Dan McDermott

    Phased Retirement: Healthy Dividends

    One of the things I hear from people as they contemplate retirement is about the various activities they look forward to pursuing. Golf makes the list, of course, but their lists are long!  From running, biking, and hiking, to pickleball, and far away travel with ambitious excursions, people are planning to be on the move.  That’s great, but to capitalize…

  • Dan McDermott

    Phased Retirement: What’s in a Name?

    I started publishing articles on a phased approach to retirement by calling my blog “Retire by Degrees.”  That’s still the name and still feels like the best, most accurate descriptor of what I’m after. But it doesn’t really roll off the tongue. Even with the first posts I wrote, I used the tagline “Retire Slowly.”  My first post was about…