Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement

by Ralph E. Warner

A great retirement isn’t just about having your financial situation in order. It’s easy to be preoccupied with stock portfolios, 401(k) balances and saving options, but true happiness in retirement comes from simpler, more enjoyable things like an active social life, family time and leisurely travel.

In Retire What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement , author Rich Stim and Nolo co-founder Jake Warner show you how to become rich in the ways that matter most. They encourage you to balance financial concerns with a lifestyle you always envisioned for yourself.

The book advises you on how to estimate real retirement needs and create a workable savings and investment plan. Even more importantly, it advises you to make personal preparations for life after work,

Genres: Nonfiction

248 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2008

About the author

Ralph "Jake" Warner, co-founder of Nolo in 1971, was a trailblazer in the do-it-yourself law movement. He helped make legal guidance widely accessible through books, software, and online resources. A prolific author and editor, Warner wrote titles like Retire Happy and Save Your Small Business. He earned his law degree from Boalt Hall at UC Berkeley and his undergraduate degree in history from Princeton.

Reviews

[Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really liked the emphasis on the need for "health, family & friends, interests & activities" as well as "enough money". Does a great job of arguing that one needs to work on all four of those areas long before retirement for them to be successful -- a point widely accepted for the money aspect but for which I'd never heard anyone argue for health, relationships and activities. Well Done. It was suggested to me that now, well before retirement, was the right time to thing about these things -- this book makes that idea concrete.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book give a nice coverage of the broad aspects of retirement. I think if more time were spent on finding activities you enjoy and pursuing them it would be more valuable. There's a lot of text spent on debt management, which didn't particularly interest me.