Tag: #retirementplanning
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Phased Retirement: The Hype Cycle
There’s a lot of hype about retirement. Some of the buildup is external via advertising, articles, well-intentioned friends and marketing spin about the wonderful opportunities that await us. But some of it comes from our own internal voices. We go back-and-forth between thinking about how wonderful it will be to ditch all those things about…
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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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.” …
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Phased Retirement: Start to Retire Now
When you think about retirement – what are you thinking it will be like? And more importantly WHEN are you thinking it will happen? If you’ve read my posts here, you know that I don’t think of retirement as a one-time future event. For some people it seems that the “when” is always a rolling…
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Retire Gradually: But Maintain your Network
A gradual approach to retirement has been the focus of my writing this year. To accomplish a phased retirement, you may be able to reduce your hours at your existing company, or even leave full-time employment but continue working as a consultant. However, it’s also possible that reduced hours or part-time work as you ‘ramp down’…
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Retire Gradually: A Change of Scenery
“A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. As I’ve been informally polling people about their retirement plans – especially in the wake of the pandemic disruptions – travel is a prominent theme. It’s hardly surprising given that people have put many of their…
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