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Retirement Planning

Beyond the Money: Planning Other Aspects of Retirement

Planning for retirement shouldn't focus only on the financial aspects. You also have to plan what you are going to do during your retirement. Research has shown that those persons who keep busy tend to have a happier and more fulfilling retirement.

It's important to plan ahead instead of putting it off. Those who don't have or don't develop interests and community involvements prior to retirement usually don't development them after retirement.

That said, here are just a few articles that discuss broader aspects of planning for enjoyable retirement years.

What will you do when you retire?, Sorry! A Fulfilling Retirement Is Not For Sale and Loving Life all from Nolo.com, comment on non-financial aspects of planning for a happy retirement and offer tips, usually from retiree experts.

Are You Prepared to Deal With Your ‘Bonus’ Years by columnist Douglas B. Richardson in CareerJournal.com looks at current ideas of treating post-employment years as a new phase of life.

Getting Psyched to Retire, one article in Business Week Magazine’s 2004 Retirement Guide issue, discusses some of the issues and some of the experts addressing it. The Golden Years? Try the Go-Go Years (extended), a Q&A with retirement researcher and expert Ken Dychtwald looks at some of the issues and changes folks 50 to 70 are bringing to the larger society.

Top 10 Ways to Retire Retirement is just one article on the website 2young2retire.com developed and hosted by Howard and Marika Stone. News, ideas and personal experiences of others “too young to retire” are featured in online newsletters and other articles.

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