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How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,339 ratings — published 2004
Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.88 — 41,577 ratings — published 2020
The 5 Years Before You Retire: Retirement Planning When You Need It the Most (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,032 ratings — published 2013
How to Retire: 20 Lessons For a Happy, Successful, and Wealthy Retirement (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,669 ratings — published 2024
How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,307 ratings — published 2015
Purposeful Retirement: How to Bring Happiness and Meaning to Your Retirement (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.84 — 653 ratings — published
From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.93 — 18,568 ratings — published 2022
Keys to a Successful Retirement: Staying Happy, Active, and Productive in Your Retired Years (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.12 — 675 ratings — published
The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+: Winning Strategies to Make Your Money Last a Lifetime (Revised & Updated for 2025)
by (shelved 17 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,187 ratings — published
Retirement Planning Guidebook: Navigating the Important Decisions for Retirement Success (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.33 — 273 ratings — published
The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed and Overworked (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.82 — 924 ratings — published 1992
Noah's Compass (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.40 — 15,036 ratings — published 2009
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.85 — 859,015 ratings — published 2020
How to Retire with Enough Money: And How to Know What Enough Is (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,126 ratings — published 2015
How to Retire Happy: The 12 Most Important Decisions You Must Make Before You Retire (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.51 — 428 ratings — published 2000
What Will I Do All Day?: Wisdom to Get You Over Retirement and On With Living! (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.14 — 138 ratings — published 2011
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.02 — 51,571 ratings — published 2017
What Color Is Your Parachute? for Retirement: Planning Now for the Life You Want (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.59 — 316 ratings — published 2007
The Retirement Savings Time Bomb . . . and How to Defuse It: A Five-Step Action Plan for Protecting Your IRAs, 401(k)s, and Other Retirement Plans from Near Annihilation by the Taxman
by (shelved 10 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.79 — 346 ratings — published
What the Happiest Retirees Know: 10 Habits for a Healthy, Secure, and Joyful Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.93 — 487 ratings — published
Retirement Reinvention: Make Your Next Act Your Best Act (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.50 — 111 ratings — published
Retire Inspired: It's Not an Age, It's a Financial Number (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,648 ratings — published 2016
Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,407 ratings — published 2015
The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,085 ratings — published 2009
The 60-Something Crisis: How to Live an Extraordinary Life in Retirement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.56 — 365 ratings — published
Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,372 ratings — published
Rock Retirement: A Simple Guide to Help You Take Control and Be More Optimistic About the Future (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.12 — 218 ratings — published
Happy Retirement: The Psychology of Reinvention (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.54 — 182 ratings — published 2015
Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.62 — 176 ratings — published 2013
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.27 — 362,049 ratings — published 2020
Your Complete Guide to a Successful & Secure Retirement (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.01 — 223 ratings — published 2019
The Essential Retirement Guide: A Contrarian's Perspective (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.84 — 195 ratings — published 2015
Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,154 ratings — published 2010
The Couple's Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.37 — 93 ratings — published 2011
Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor's Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.08 — 881 ratings — published
Retirement Heaven or Hell: 9 Principles for Designing Your Ideal Post-Career Lifestyle (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.99 — 74 ratings — published
Don't Retire, Rewire! (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.85 — 130 ratings — published 2007
Retirement Fail: The 9 Reasons People Flunk Post-Work Life and How to Ace Your Own (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.58 — 48 ratings — published
How to Retire Overseas: Everything You Need to Know to Live Well (for Less) Abroad
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.56 — 335 ratings — published 2010
Retirement Income for Life: Getting More Without S (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.98 — 468 ratings — published
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond (Artist's Way)
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,119 ratings — published 2016
You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.83 — 749 ratings — published 2014
The Smartest Retirement Book You'll Ever Read (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.93 — 293 ratings — published 2009
Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions: Get the Most out of Your Retirement & Medical Benefits (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.96 — 123 ratings — published 1988
Independence Day: What I Learned About Retirement from Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will (Audio CD)
by (shelved 6 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.78 — 734 ratings — published
Funny Jokes for Retired Folks: Gift Book for Retirement and Beyond (Gift Books by Ralph Lane)
by (shelved 6 times as retirement)
avg rating 5.00 — 11 ratings — published
How Much Can I Spend in Retirement?: A Guide to Investment-Based Retirement Income Strategies (The Retirement Researcher Guide Series)
by (shelved 6 times as retirement)
avg rating 4.11 — 132 ratings — published
Retirement Planning for Dummies (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.66 — 123 ratings — published
What Retirees Want: A Holistic View of Life's Third Age (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.40 — 85 ratings — published
Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement: The Secret to Freedom, Flexibility, and Financial Independence (& how to get started!)
by (shelved 6 times as retirement)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,146 ratings — published
“This rough magic
I here abjure, and, when I have required
Some heavenly music, which even now I do,
To work mine end upon their senses that
This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff,
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
And deeper than did ever plummet sound
I'll drown my book.”
― The Tempest
I here abjure, and, when I have required
Some heavenly music, which even now I do,
To work mine end upon their senses that
This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff,
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
And deeper than did ever plummet sound
I'll drown my book.”
― The Tempest
“A man approaching retirement called the retirement office to inquire about his pension. Afterward, he was asked if his wife worked. “She’s worked all her life making me happy”, he replied. “Yes sir, but has she earned money to receive her pension?” “When we got married we agreed on an arrangement”, he said. “I would earn the living, and she would make the living worthwhile”.
“Make the living worthwhile”…have we forgotten the very essence of that? Have we forgotten to live for someone else, that doing so IS what makes a living worthwhile?”
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“Make the living worthwhile”…have we forgotten the very essence of that? Have we forgotten to live for someone else, that doing so IS what makes a living worthwhile?”
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