RetirementI’ve written about planning for your retirement before, everything from road testing your retirement, planning for rising costs of living in retirement and even the benefits of delaying your retirement.
When people start to think about retirement, the thoughts naturally lead to, do I have enough in my super-tank to retire, how much will I... | | Read More | Your retirement can either be viewed as ‘the end of a life phase’ or ‘the beginning of a new life phase’.
Retirement may once have been thought of as game over – however, with our ageing (boomer) population, we’re hearing more and more positive vibes about the retirement phase of life.
In times, the prospect... | | Read More | Retirement – it’s either your Holly Grail or the moment you’ve been dreading all your working life.
For those in the ‘dreading it’ camp, typically it comes down to one if not both issues;
1. What am I going to do with myself?
2. Do I have eno... | | Read More | In the recent Federal Election, there were several focus areas on both sides of the camp – one in particular, was the rising cost of living.
We have all felt rising costs – most notably, fuel and even everyday staples like fruit and vegetables.
And with inflation running at 5.1% there are more cost increases coming.
Even if you ar... | | Read More | It seems Australians are now living longer in their retirement phase than ever before.
In Australia, the average life expectancy of both males and females is now over 84 years of age, considering that at the start of the 20th century, the average life expectancy for both males and females was around 57 years!
Why are we living longer? Pr... | | Read More |
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