Grow old on purpose. This book invites readers to navigate a purposeful path from adulthood to elderhood with choice, curiosity, and courage. Everyone is getting old; not everyone is growing old. But the path of purposeful aging is accessible to all—and it's fundamental to health, happiness, and longevity. With a focus on growing whole through developing a sense of purpose in later life, Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old? celebrates the experience of aging with inspiring stories, real-world practices, and provocative questions. Framed by a long conversation between two old friends, the book reconceives aging as a liberating experience that enables us to become more authentically the person we always meant to be with each passing year. In their bestseller Repacking Your Bags, Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro defined the good life as “living in the place you belong, with people you love, doing the right work, on purpose.” This book builds on that definition to offer a purposeful path for living well while aging well.
When you hear the word retirement, you probably don't imagine yourself scrambling to pay your bills in your golden years. But for too many Americans, that's the fate that awaits unless they take steps now to plan for the future. Whether you're twenty five and starting your first job or fifty five and watching the career clock start to wind down, today is the day to get serious about your retirement. In Retire Inspired, Chris Hogan teaches that retirement isn't an age; it's a financial number an amount you need to live the life in retirement that you've always dreamed of. With clear investing concepts and strategies, Chris will educate and empower you to make your own investing decisions, set reasonable expectations for your spouse and family, and build a dream team of experts to get you there. You don't have to retire broke, stressed, and working long after you want to. You can retire inspired!
Imagine that you are an ancient mariner standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean at sunrise. You are staring at the “edge,” the place where the ocean and the sky meet, and wondering, What lies beyond? Your answer would have been “Thar be dragons.” Using this analogy, imagine you are about to retire or have recently retired and wondering, What’s out there? What do I do now? Buy that new sports car, take a long vacation, play golf or fish every day, or try to continue working? What’s going to get me up in the morning, excited to have another day? Is there a purpose for my life? If so, how do I find it? There is a lot of information about the financial and medical aspects of retirement but very little about the emotional and spiritual impacts of retiring. Retirement is a major life transition, which changes everything about how you think about yourself. One day, your identity is defined by what you do for a living; the next day, that identity is gone. You may feel lost, as if “the rug has been pulled out from underneath you.” Who are we now? The good news is this feeling is normal; you are not going crazy. It is part of the normal life cycle. Another piece of good news: using a process known as guided journaling, you will better understand how you got to where you are in your life today and then create your own, personal, “best fit” retirement—one that gets you up every morning, excited for another day to live and serve others, Finding Your Purpose When You Retire
What am I going to do with my retirement? People talk about retirement like it’s supposed to be an endless vacation. But what if, like the majority of those facing retirement, you can’t afford such a luxury? Or, what if you just want something more from retirement? Some advocate for no retirement at all. But you’ve worked for decades and a rest and reprieve do sound appealing. What should you do? Does God have a purpose for your retirement? Yes, He does. Learn how to discern what it is by taking an uncommon approach. Jeff Haanen looks biblically and practically at the need for rest and purpose in retirement. And teaches you how to: Take a sabbatical rest in early retirement Listen to God’s voice for their calling in retirement Rethink “work” in retirement Understand family systems and leaving a legacy Planning retirement doesn’t have to be distressing. Retire in a way that’s God-honoring, purpose-filled, restful, and truly biblical.
Make the post-career phase of your life the happiest and most fulfilling time of your life! So much changes as you move from your career into the Third Act of your life! You have to redefine your identity, find a new reason to get up in the morning, build a new structure for your days, and replace part of your social network. Some people slip easily into their new life and others struggle. Many of us fill our days with fun and relaxing things to do but get to the point where we want something more – then we feel a bit empty. You know you need a financial portfolio to retire but did you know you also need a Happiness Portfolio ®? This book is a practical guide to creating your Happiness Portfolio ® and flourishing in your Third Act. It includes valuable information and thought-provoking exercises to design your retirement life so you enjoy it to the max and feel that your life is fulfilling. You will explore: • Why this change is sometimes so difficult • How to structure your life so there is plenty of time for both fun and doing things that make you feel like your life is worthwhile • What it really means to be happy • Some tools for dealing with the bumps you are certain to encounter along the way This book is right for you if: • You intend to retire soon or • If you retired in the past five years or so Scroll up and click on “Look inside” to learn more or just add it to your cart.
Do I have enough money to retire?That is the question most people ask when they are coming up for retirement. No-one has a definitive answer, because you do not know how long you are going to live.This book is all about the possibility of living a long life and how to ensure that the time is well spent and making your money last. The author is a retirement coach, not a financial planner and unpacks in a practical manner, the following questions: Where do I want to live when I am old and frail? How do I turn my investment capital into a steady income? What do I need to do if my income is insufficient to maintain my standard of living? What should I do about my health? How will I structure my life to give it Purpose? How do I build a new social network? Who can help me with all these things? Retired herself, the author is currently working as a retirement coach. With her first career in Occupational Therapy and 20 years as an entrepreneur after completing her MBA, she is well placed to guide you through the transition.Who is the book for? Anyone who is coming up for retirement, as well as those who have already retired and are finding it is not what they expected!Retirement is not an event, it is a journey. When you embark on a journey you make plans to ensure you have a good trip, why is retirement any different?In the 21st Century the meaning of the word 'retirement' is redundant and outdated. For many people it is not about stopping work, it is about approaching work differently in order to find meaning for yourself as you enter into your next chapter. Be it an Encore career or Volunteering, working for yourself or as a sub-contractor, part-time or full-time, the important thing is to find the passion and imbue your life with purpose. It is about finding the relevance and meaning.The book is full of useful ideas, to mention a few: living abroad in retirement, how to start a small business, how you can meet new people, activities to keep your brain agile and responsive, If you are thinking of no longer living at work, but rather working at living, then this is the right book for you. A separate, downloadable workbook guides you through the process of drawing up your plans for retirement. By the time you finish the book you will have your personal retirement plan drawn up.Why not use Amazon's amazing "Look inside" feature to check out "7 Questions to Answer Before you Retire". Just click on the book image to open.
Delamontagne leads prospective and recent retirees on a journey of psychological, emotional, and spiritual growth to help them cope with the challenges of a difficult transition.
Circumvent the tired and conventional approaches of finding purpose, passion, or happiness to discover a path of fulfillment after 60 by pursuing desires, mastering risk-taking, and expanding horizons with confidence. The crisis of unfulfilled lives unfolds gradually, often with acquiesced boredom and a flimsy search for purpose. Our relevancy comes into question, or we succumb to the idea that the future will be one of slow-moving ambition and then an even slower glide into comfort as the flush of freedom fades. We can change this outcome if we want to. We should want to. The 60-Something Crisis: How to Live an Extraordinary Life in Retirement (a 2023 Nautilus Book Award winner) is the first book to circumvent the tired and conventional approaches of finding purpose, passion, or happiness, or using reinvention to discover a path of fulfillment after 60. It presents a clear, practical framework through four portals—geography of place, yield, kinship, and freedom—to navigate and support future well-being and happiness. Readers will learn how to pursue desires, not roadmaps, to increase self-confidence and master risk-taking, and will discover the power and potential of investing in themselves at this time of life. Barbara L. Pagano provides the foundation for taking on or taking back late-stage growth and shifts the conversation from “What’s next?” to “What do I need to know, what do I need to do now, and how soon can I get started?” This book is more than happy talk. Pre-retirees on the brink of a major life transition or retirees who want more from life will find themselves pulled toward a higher target of well-being that endures. Mature adults, now novices in an unfamiliar, uncharted landscape, will welcome a smart, well-written, practical, and poignant guide to hustle them forward, anchored in an award-winning author’s deeply personal experience, well-researched content, and over 200 interviews with retirees and pre-retires. The 60-Something Crisis offers a powerful message for the last third of life.
A practical action guide for financial independence and early retirement from the popular Our Next Life blogger. In today's work culture, we're expected to hustle around the clock. But what if you could escape the traditional path and get on one that doesn't require working full-time until age 65? What if you could wake up every day without an alarm clock and do the things you love most? Tanja Hester and her husband Mark left their crazed careerist lifestyle to live their dream life in Lake Tahoe, retiring early from high-stress careers. Now Tanja will help you map out a customized plan for freedom and make it easy to succeed, whether you're good at math and budgeting -- or not! Work Optional is more than just a financial plan: it's a plan for your whole life -- designed by you, not by an employer or clients. Tanja walks you through envisioning your dream life, accounting for variables such as health care and children, protecting yourself from recessions and future unknowns, and achieving a purpose-filled early retirement, semi-retirement, or career intermission with completely doable, non-penny-pinching steps. You can live a happier, more meaningful life, free from the daily grind. Regardless of where you are in your career, Work Optionalwill get you there.
"Dychtwald and Morison offer a brilliant and convincing perspective: an essential re-think of what 'aging' and 'retirement' mean today and an invitation to help mobilize the best in the tidal wave of Boomer Third Agers." —Daniel Goleman, PhD, Author, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ Throughout 99 percent of human history, life expectancy at birth was less than 18 years. Few people had a chance to age. Today, thanks to extraordinary medical, demographic, and economic shifts, most of us expect to live long lives. Consequently, the world is witnessing a powerful new version of retirement, driven by the power and needs of the Baby Boomer generation. Consumers over age 50 account for more than half of all spending and control more than 70% of our total net worth – yet are largely ignored by youth-focused marketers. How will work, family, and retirement be transformed to accommodate two billion people over the age of 60 worldwide? In the coming years, we'll see explosive business growth fueled by this unprecedented longevity revolution. What Retirees Want presents the culmination of 30 years of research by world-famous "Age Wave" expert Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., and author and consultant Robert Morison. It explains how the aging of the Baby Boomers will forever change our lives, businesses, government programs, and the consumer marketplace. This exciting new stage of life, the "Third Age," poses daunting questions: What will "old" look like in the years ahead? With continued advances in longevity, all of the traditional life-stage markers and boundaries will need to be adjusted. What new products and services will boom as a result of this coming longevity revolution? What unconscious ageist marketing practices are hurting people – and business growth? Will the majority of elder boomers outlive their pensions and retirement savings and how can this financial disaster be prevented? What incredible new technologies of medicine, life extension, and human enhancement await us in the near future? What purposeful new roles can we create for elder boomers so that the aging nations of the Americas, Europe, and Asia capitalize on the upsides of aging? Which pioneering organizations and companies worldwide have created marketing strategies and programs that resonate with the quirky and demanding Boomer generation? In this entertaining, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging book, Dychtwald and Morison explain how individuals, businesses, non-profits, and governments can best prepare for a new era – where the needs and demands of the "Third Age" will set the lifestyle, health, social, marketplace, and political priorities of generations to come.
