Retiring With Enough

Send us Fan Mail The goal of the Retiring With Enough blog and podcast has always been to simplify retirement planning and retirement. As I approach my 100th blog and podcast, I thought it would be interesting to take a retrospective look at some of my earlier blogs and podcasts. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups...

Send us Fan Mail I realized that “ planning is planning ,” and how many similarities there are between business planning and Retirement Planning. There are necessary steps in business plans, and there are necessary steps in retirement planning. A sequential and organized approach to both business and retirement planning will produce the best results. If you’d like to be a part of a free online ret...

Send us Fan Mail I finished my Roth conversions several years ago. I was pleased, and congratulated myself for my financial savvy! But now Older Me is telling Younger Me that maybe I was not as smart as I thought I was! If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail You may have a sibling, parent, or spouse who is ill, aging, incapacitated, or in need of care. I was able to spend several days a week with my mother and walked beside her during the last stages of her life’s journey. This podcast details some of the things she and I experienced! If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.f...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I interview Kevin Lyles, CRPC. Kevin is a Retirement Planner and the Head Retirement Coach of the RRC (Rock Retirement Club). Kevin shares his insight as a retirement planner and a six year retiree.  If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail Everyone always likes talking about money. There is an old saying about how money makes the world go round. Everyone has their ideas about money, and how it should best be used. When you think about it, there are only about five ways to use money ! If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/39911745570625...

Send us Fan Mail Having a good income creates a sense of economic well-being, but is not a good indicator of physical well-being. Health has a big impact on the quality of life, regardless of the amount of annual income of a person or couple.   If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail Just as perfectionism can have a dark side, workaholism signifies the dark side of a positive work ethic. As a recovering perfectionist and workaholic, I still battle the urge to overwork. If not recognized and controlled, workaholic tendencies can resurface in retirement due to the increased free hours to fill each day.  If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement comm...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I interview Fritz Gilbert, Founder of The Retirement Manifesto blog, and author of “Keys to a Successful Retirement- Staying Happy, Active, and Productive in Your Retirement Years.” Fritz and I will discuss the things that I feel have deemed Fritz a “Retirement All-Star.” If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www...

Send us Fan Mail Memento Mori: “Remember you die.” I’m aware that death is out there somewhere on my horizon, but that horizon still seems a long, long way off. I don’t think about my death, and I certainly don’t dwell on it. I’m not ignoring or denying my demise, I’m just not embracing it. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook...

Send us Fan Mail “The key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.” -Debra Messing. We constantly hear that Perfection is the ultimate goal and that we should always strive for perfection. Can Perfection have a dark side? If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”.  -Robert Frost If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail Considering Retirement options? Creating a Blog or Podcast may be what you desire. Learn about my Podcast and Blog journey. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail A listener questioned which is better: Cap Weighted funds or Equal Weighted funds? If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail Join me for a one-on-one conversation with Jim Saulnier, CFP™  and Co-Host of “The Retirement & IRA Show,” where Jim discusses retirement focused questions and questions about his retirement plans. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail Look around today and take a moment to realize that we’re not that different from each other. Even if we are somewhat different, that’s ok because “You Can Only be Who You Are.” If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail During the 10 years since I quit working full-time, I have been able to formulate an almost ideal plan for purpose in retirement. This podcast discusses how I’ve spent the last ten years, and discusses how individuals and families don’t need ten years to formulate a successful retirement plan. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook: ...

Send us Fan Mail How has my financial situation changed over the last ten years? I explore my personal  finances ten years into retirement with respect to: Income, Net Worth, Budget, and Spending. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail The transition from working full-time to retirement is very stressful for most workers. Probably the most stressful question involves the actual decision to quit working or quitting full-time work. Leaving full-time work almost ten years ago has afforded me adequate time to evaluate my decision from many aspects. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, jo...

Send us Fan Mail Living in the “Shangri La” of the South, and the life lessons learned.  If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail The two biggest concerns with Roth IRA withdrawals are once the money is removed from a Roth IRA account it cannot be repaid, and that dollars withdrawn from a Roth IRA account miss out on all future tax-free earnings. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail The Government has a new proposal to close loopholes and clarify the Fiduciary standard. The government is now trying to hold financial advisor’s feet to the fire by clarifying and redefining the fiduciary standard to become much more restrictive while at the same time allowing more advisor access and more insurance products in retirement plans. If you’d like to be a part of a fre...

Send us Fan Mail Retirement planning is like life because potential retirees go through retirement infancy, retirement adolescence, and strive to become mature adult retirees. Part of the maturing process is realizing what you don’t know, and that there are always new things to learn. If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/g...

Send us Fan Mail Success is subjective. Successful people have mastered one or more of these traits needed for success.  If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/399117455706255/?ref=share

Send us Fan Mail The first anniversary of the Retiring With Enough podcast provides an opportunity to re-evaluate the three main concepts of the Retiring With Enough three-legged stool. Change means growth, and change is coming to the Retiring With Enough podcast.   If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/3991174557062...