Table of
Contents from
How to Retire Happy, Wild,
and Free
Retirement Wisdom That You Won't
Get
from Your Financial Advisor
Preface
Chapter 1: Thank Heaven for
Retirement!
- Perhaps it’s time to tell your boss,“I’m outta
here!”
- Retirement should put a perpetual smile on your
face
- To not plan for an active retirement is to set
yourself up for a difficult one
- You are never too young to retire
- Retiring too late means you don’t get another
chance to do it right
- You can have your retirement cake and eat it
too
- A major dilemma: life is short - and so is
money
- If deep down you know you are ready, “just do
it!”
Chapter 2: Retirement: A Time to
Become Much More than You Have Ever Been
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Retirement can set you free
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To have no aptitude for leisure is to have no
aptitude for life
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Create a new identity because your old one
won’t do
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Being on purpose is easy if you have one
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Finding and pursuing your true calling can make
retirement the best time of your life
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Work at something that is not so much a job,
but a fun thing to do
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Reclaiming your creative spirit will put joyful
purpose into your retirement life
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Not writing a book can be more difficult than
writing one
Chapter 3: So Many Worlds, So Much
to Do!
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To be bored is to retire from life
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Plant your Get-a-Life Tree and watch it grow
and grow
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You don't have to watch one minute of TV when
you retire - and perhaps you shouldn’t
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of sitting
around
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Create new structures and routines with your
leisure
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Early to bed and early to rise makes a person
dull, boring, and despised
Chapter 4: Take Special Care of
Yourself - Because No One Else Will!
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You too can exercise your right to a healthy
and happy retirement
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Obesity is getting too widespread - avoid it if
you can
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If you don’t take care of your body, where do
you intend to live?
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The shortcut to being truly fit and trim is
long-term rigorous action
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An active walk in nature is the best medicine
for many of your ailments
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Your mind needs a good run too
Chapter 5: Learning Is for
Life
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Commit yourself to being a lifelong learner and
your life will never be without purpose
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Become a college drop-in and stay more engaged
in life
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Take a joy course for personal growth,
self-development, and lifelong learning
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Work on a university degree and experience a
sense of belonging with younger people
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It’s more fun to be wired than not
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Elder hostel will help you discover the world
Chapter 6: Your Wealth Is
Where Your Friends Are
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Above all, friends make life complete
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Two or three real friends are worth more than a
hundred superficial ones
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You can’t wait at home to be discovered
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Keep active and enjoy yourself while looking
for love
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You grow most when you are alone
Chapter 7: Travel for Fun,
Adventure, and More
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Take yourself out of your element and inspire
yourself with new insights
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Spend all the money that you can on travel if
travel really turns you on
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Tips on how to enhance your next journey
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Use the Internet to make your travel adventures
affordable and enjoyable
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Travel with a difference
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Implement something unique into your next trek
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Become an ecotourist
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You don't have to be rich to spend a month or
two in a warmer climate
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Enjoy yourself in a myriad of ways at a
recreational vehicle retirement resort
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Why travel alone when you don't have to?
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Swap your house for a neat pad in some faraway
paradise
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Try a working vacation for a more satisfying
traveling experience
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Journey close to home and do the things that
an out-of-town tourist might do
Chapter 8: Relocate to Where
Retirement Living Is Best
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Live somewhere else and do what you have always
wanted to do
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Consider moving to a college town
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The secret to a really wonderful retired
lifestyle
Chapter 9: Happiness Doesn’t Care
How You Get There t
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Retirement is not a time to sleep, but a time
to awaken to the beauty of the world around you
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Celebrate your eccentricity and you will be set
free
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If money can buy happiness, then why aren't you
selling some of yours?
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You will overlook the silver lining if you are
always expecting gold
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Be happy while you are alive because you are a
long time dead
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It's better to live rich than to die rich
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Helping others can make life more worthwhile
and you happier than you have ever been
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Forget how old you are - this becomes more
important the older you get
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Don’t leave this world with songs unsung that
you would like to sing
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Ernie Zelinski,
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