How to make a smooth transition into retirement

by John Wolfskill

Are you age 55 or over? If so, then you may soon have something to look forward to or worry about. One morning you'll wake up and it will have happened. Before you've a chance to say Medicare Part B, you'll be: R-E-T-I...read more

by Firoze Hirjikaka

One of W.H. Davies' most celebrated poems begins thus: "What is this life, if full of care We have no time to stand and stare" The tragedy of the values modern society imposes on us is that to just stand and stare i...read more

by Elaine Sihera

One of the highest suicide rates in the UK is among men of 65 years of age who are in retirement. The main reason for that is that many men find the sudden isolation, the lack of job status and significance, the feeling of...read more

by William Bond

The best way to transition into retirement is to make a solid, detailed, focus retirement plan which shows both the emotional and the financial aspects of your future retirement. Too often, retirees plan only the financia...read more

by Sandy Wood

I speak from experience concerning the smooth transition to retirement. My husband and I planned for early retirement. First and foremost we paid the mortgage on our home. The money situation is a huge issue. We then re...read more

by noname

You don't "fowl up" your retirement years by totally enjoying them. Make sure that you can retire and have years remaining to enjoy the fact that you don't have to get up if you don't want to and your time is "your time"....read more

by Julie Kelso

What Does Retirement Entail? In his recent feature article for _The Australian_, Richard Nile put forth the argument that retired Humanities scholars are highly credentialled (sic) and very able former salaried professi...read more

by Sue Black

THE PROBLEM WITH DAILY LIFE AND RETIREMENT CHAPTER ONE The topic that I planned to cover in this article was the progress that I had made researching various types of retirement tools that are available when you want to ...read more

by Ted Sherman

I retired 16 years ago and haven't looked back once to see if a "fowl" decision was chasing me. On the day after my company held a retirement ceremony for me ... which I did NOT attend as my last gesture of up yours ... my...read more