Timing Your Retirement

Research reveals that the happiest ‘retirements’ are those with balance, structure, strong social contact and yes, a little work. You may also need expert advice from a financial planner on timing your retirement and to make the most of your money.

It is, however, important to remember that while money, (how much you have and how long it will last) plays a vital part in the timing of your retirement, your emotional readiness should hold equal weight. There are many factors to consider when deciding if you’re emotionally ready to retire, such as your relationships, support network, how you plan to keep yourself busy and what you hope to achieve from the next stage of your life.

Will you get an Age Pension? Will your money last? What does retirement mean to you? And of course, what don’t you know? YourLifeChoices can help you make better retirement decisions.

So, are you ready to retire?

Is retirement still attractive?

Is retirement still attractive?

Staggering number of YourLifeChoices members don’t ever want to retire from work.

How long to work?

Seven questions about retirement

Seven questions about retirement

What comes to mind when you think of your retirement? Is it excitement?

The big questions

Older Aussies leading the world

Older Aussies leading the world

Australia has ranked second in a study measuring the resilience of global workforces.

Are you adaptable?

Rise of the ‘senpreneur’

Rise of the ‘senpreneur’

Retirement coach Peter Black tells what he has learnt about working past 65.

Learning the key

Mandatory retirement problems

Mandatory retirement problems

Mandatory retirement ages are – rightly – mostly a thing of the past in Australia.

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