Latest articles by Jacob Schroeder
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How to Retire Early in Six Steps
Here is the secret sauce for how to retire early. Just be sure it's what you really want.
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How to Have a Happy Retirement
Want a happy retirement? These eight tips for finding your retirement bliss are backed by solid evidence.
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The Cost of Loneliness in Retirement
For older adults, accounting for the cost of loneliness is just as important as financial planning.
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How to Overcome Identity Loss in Retirement
It's not unusual to mourn the person you were before retirement.
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5 Books That’ll Prepare You for Retirement
These books about retirement will help prepare you for your next stage through fiction and nonfiction.
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Want to Retire Happily? Plan for Leisure and Purpose
Strive for relaxation, connection and purpose to retire happily.
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How to Spend Retirement Savings Confidently
Three tips to help retirees spend retirement savings without fear.
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These Four Traits Lead to More Retirement Savings
Four behavioral traits lead to more retirement savings down the road. Only 10% of workers have all four habits; do you?
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Five Reasons You’ll Blow Up Your Retirement Plan
Since a retirement plan is all about meeting your needs and goals in retirement, you should plan to adjust that plan as those needs and goals shift.
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The 5 Worst Bad Habits to Carry Into Retirement
Five bad habits that could hurt you when you retire.
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7 Key Considerations for Getting Your Retirement Timing Right
There are several important retirement timing factors to consider to help decide when the time is right.
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Retirement Tips from World-Famous Authors to Live Happily Ever After
happy retirement Want a long, secure and joyful retirement? Take inspiration from some of your favorite writers. Here are 10 strategies renowned authors use when writing their books that can help you along the way to the retirement you’ve dreamed of.
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The Joy of Owning a Business in Retirement
entrepreneurship Golf and lazy days at the beach aren’t for everyone. In fact, some “retirees” get a kick out of challenging themselves as encore entrepreneurs. It can be engaging, fulfilling and lucrative all at the same time.
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6 Life-Changing Lessons from 2 Retirees Who Are Changing Lives
happy retirement Retirement is the perfect time to redefine yourself, find a new sense of purpose and channel your passion in a meaningful way. What could that look like for you? Meet a doctor and a pilot who could give you some ideas for a happy, fulfilling retirement.
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Are You Financially Resilient? 5 Steps to Boost Your Economic Security
personal finance Being able to bounce back from adversity is a necessity, because chances are you’re going to face one (or more) setbacks during your lifetime. From a job loss to a health crisis, here’s how to take a punch, pick yourself up and get back in the fight.
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3 Retirement Fairy Tales on Social Media: To Be Happy, Don’t Believe Them!
happy retirement The secret to a happy retirement can’t be found in the smiling fairy tale you see on Facebook. The fact is, while retirement has its joys, it also has its share of existential challenges. So, to be happy, be realistic, and do not believe these three myths.
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What Pickleball Can Teach You About Investing
investing It’s funny, but playing the great sport of pickleball recently got me thinking about how much in common chasing a plastic yellow ball around has with successful retirement planning.
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To Be Happy Now, Live Like You’re Already Retired
happy retirement Why wait until you’re retired to do all the things that can make you happier, healthier and more fulfilled? Instead, start now. Here’s how to live like you’re retired, even when you’re not.
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One Trick That’ll Help You Live a Wealthier and Happier Life: Framing
retirement From elections to stock markets, there’s a lot you don’t have control over, but your frame of mind is not one of them. And it’s more important than you may know.
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Can You Think Your Way to Wealth?
retirement Having the right outlook on life can help you on your path toward financial success. Here’s how to develop a wealth-building mindset for yourself.
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Seven Habits for a Happy Retirement
happy retirement A long and happy retirement takes more than just money. Here are seven things happy retirees do – besides dutifully saving the money they’ll need to quit the 9-to-5 grind.
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Making the Best of a Forced Retirement
retirement Chances are good that you will have to leave the workforce earlier than you had planned. Will you be ready?
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7 Tips to Help Spot 'Fake' Financial News
retirement Investors and retirement savers can’t afford to fall for false or biased financial stories touted as legitimate news. Learn how to navigate today’s information landscape.
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The 9 Types of People You'll Meet in Retirement
Making Your Money Last Some are happier than others, and all offer some valuable retirement lessons to live by. Which type are you?
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