Retiring With Enough

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...

Send us Fan Mail Since the consolidation of thirteen colonies into the United States of America, one of the components of the American Dream has been business ownership. Proceeding from an idea to an actual business requires many steps that must be successfully completed to afford the greatest chance for survival. New businesses have a survival rate of approximately 20%. If you’d like to be a part...

Send us Fan Mail Home mortgages are a necessary and confusing problem for countless homeowners. Many homeowners, to their financial detriment, don’t fully understand the terms and conditions of their mortgage. 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 If a $1 million Nest Egg is a reality for approximately 9% of the US population, can a Net Worth of $1 million be a possibility for you? Is it possible with only an average income? 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 question of “Spending now versus saving for later” can present a substantial problem for couples, especially if spending patterns differ. The decision to spend now versus saving for tomorrow is not a black-and-white decision. 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 Roger Whitney, host of the Retirement Answer Man podcast answers retirement focused questions. Roger discusses retirement planning, retirement planning mistakes, worries about running out of money, and other retirement concerns.  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 “Smart people learn from their mistakes, but the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others”  -Brandon Mull 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 Before and throughout recorded history, man has sought ways to store, preserve, create, and transfer wealth, but these methods of wealth preservation and transfer have changed radically over time. Journey from past to present with Money and Investing (with emphasis on the last 50 years.) If you’d like to be a part of a free online retirement community, join us on Facebook:  https:...