Although I have not yet retired, I realize it is important to begin planning now.
Too many senior citizens start planning what they will do with the rest of their lives after they retire leaving little time to make adjustments or fine tune their lifestyle. After the fact retirees are forced to deal with harsh realities they could have impacted had they only taken action sooner.
I believe that just as important as having enough money to last our retirement is planning for the non-financial aspects of retirement:
- what we will do with our newly found spare time
- how we will stay engaged and avoid becoming bored
- what hobbies and interests will sustain us
- what passion will drive us to get out of bed and expectantly welcome each new day
One of my biggest fears in retirement is becoming bored and wasting the free time that I worked so hard to achieve.
Join me as I endeavor to navigate the retirement jungle and arrive safely at a satisfying retirement.
Welcome to the journey – Retirement – only the beginning…
Dave Bernard
Thanks so much for your comment on my boomer years blog! You have some wonderful info here for boomers and those hoping to retire.
Dave, I found your site on Bill Birnbaum’s Adventure Retirement blog. Great site you have hear. People get an earful of financial planning for retirement and almost no lifestyle advice. Glad to see some people are trying to fill that niche.
I added you site to my blog roll on Being Retired. I’m just beginning the site. It’s only about six months old. I’m only a month into my retirement, but I want to not only document my journey and experience, but offer a little advice. I would humbled if you would add my link to you roll.
By the way, I am also a Sharks fan. Looking forward to hoisting the cup in 2011!
Dan – an excellent choice for a retirement “career”. I have fished the Eastern Sierra with my dad many times from a tube and if there is a more beautiful place to chase the elusive native trout, I have not found it. Enjoy your retirement and I may reach out to you should I need direction on a little trout fix in the future.
Hi, nice to meet you !
Hi Dave,
So great to have found your blog via our connection on Twitter. I have been retired for a year now after a 32 year career as a firefighter. So nice to be in control of time now! One thing I have learned is that I seem to either have money, or time, but never both. With my oldest daughter getting married in August, a son in college, and my youngest in high school, there are certainly more expenses on the horizon.
So many people are not where they want to be financially, even those who invested for many years.
It’s sad really…but there are options.
I’m looking forward to visiting your blog often and may I say it is great to meet you.
Best regards,
Bill
Good to meet you Bill. My son just graduated in June and my daughter a year prior so woo hoo! Now I realize that I need to start putting aside $$ for the eventual wedding which is hopefully a ways down the road! It never ends but I feel that as long as we are helping to build sane, productive future generations we are investing well. Enjoy the blog and good luck! – Dave
Hi Dave,
Like your new site. I’m already there and I’m enjoying it. Do some volunteer work and love being at the beach every day now. Stay in touch and if you get over to the beach, let’s have lunch.
Sal
I am adding this to my links of my favorites. My readers often leave through the links and I think you are on the right track. Just remember, retirement is not a destination…it is just a small change in the itinerary. I am very experienced and have talked to many retiree and wannabe retirees. The path is well marked and people seem to just follow the sign posts with out much thought. I find the patterns they follow to all be very similar.
b
Hi Dave, we added you to our Blogs we like list. Keep up the good work!
http://www.boomerplaces.com/baby-boomer-blogs/
Robert