Tag: #retiregradually
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Retirement is Not the Finish Line
Many people dream about their retirement day. During especially challenging weeks at work they may even start counting down the years, or months, or even the days. Others either don’t have a specific timeframe in mind, or can’t understand why someone would want to ‘check out’ and be idle when they have a vibrant career…
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Prelude to Thanksgiving
Today’s post is a slight departure from my typical focus on career, retirement, networking and related opportunities. But I think you’ll agree that it’s somewhat connected. With pilgrims, turkeys, and pumpkin pie advertisements and images all around, I’ve been thinking about the Thanksgiving holiday. Since this is a US-based article, I’m pondering Thanksgiving on November…
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Phased Retirement: Live Younger
My alma mater, Saint John’s University, in Collegeville, MN was home to the winningest coach in college football history, John Gagliardi. He retired at age 86 with a total of 489 wins over a career that lasted six decades. The award for the outstanding football player in NCAA Division 3 – the equivalent of the…
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Phased Retirement: The Three Paths
Part of the beauty behind a phased approach to retirement is that you can craft it to meet your own needs. You may want to shift from full-time work to part-time consulting, or lend your talents to a non-profit or to the energy of a startup. But how do you focus your thoughts and find…
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Phased Retirement: Be a Freshman Again
When you enter the ranks of the retired – or even semi-retired – you’ll be starting a new phase of life as a beginner. Just like your time in high school and perhaps college your journey begins as a freshman (or ‘first year’ as they say now). Things during those first 12 months were mostly…
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Phased Retirement: Always Be a Student
To mix it up a bit, today I posted my thoughts as a LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/phased-retirement-always-student-dan-mcdermott/?trackingId=7S1YWGN79awqH5dLBaut0A%3D%3D
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Phased Retirement: Savor the Journey
Recently I wrote about anticipating retirement (link) and the joy that the mere expectation can bring. It conjures up happy emotions similar to the time you might spend planning for a vacation. Spending time visualizing what you’ll be doing, planning out trips you may take or hobbies to pursue. But as I was reflecting on…
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Phased Retirement and Deliberate Practice
Today’s post was first published earlier this week on the Humble Dollar blog and suggests ways for your best performance in many domains of life. From retirement planning to golf! https://humbledollar.com/2022/08/deliberate-practice/
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Phased Retirement: Anticipation
This classic 1979 ketchup commercial lauded the anticipation of waiting for a good thing – especially made memorable by leveraging Carly Simon’s catchy hit song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLoyg3JKRQ The excitement of anticipation before a big event can really boost your mood. For example, the early stages of vacation planning and the anticipation of your trip have been…
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Reporting on Your Retirement
Today’s post (link below) appeared in the Humble Dollar blog on August 4th, 2022: https://humbledollar.com/2022/08/ask-around/
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