Design Your Retirement Before It Designs You
I was walking through London a while back when I came across a sign that stopped me in my tracks. Its message was simple: “Don’t slow down for the wrong reasons.” I stood there longer than was probably acceptable for someone standing on the pavement staring at a sign. But it landed. Because it said in a few words what...
Let me ask you something, and I ask you to sit with it for a second. Is there something you’ve been meaning to start – really start – for months? Maybe longer? Something that matters to you, that you know MATTERS to you, and yet somehow keeps getting pushed to the next week, the next season, the next version of...
Last Tuesday morning, I was out walking my dog when I spotted Margaret coming the other direction with Charlie, her scruffy terrier mix. Same time as always – 6 AM sharp. Charlie and my dog did their usual sniff-and-circle routine while Margaret and I chatted. “You’re consistent,” I said. “Same time every day.” “Oh, Charlie doesn’t give me a choice,”...
I need to tell you something personal. Something that drives everything I do. It’s about my parents. The Slow Decline My parents are in their late 70s. They spend their days in front of the TV – usually angry at the news. Their main social interactions are with the grocery delivery person and the caregiver who checks on them twice...
Itโs a good start for a joke, no? I have worked with many midlife clients from these three generations in the last few years. We are at a transient time where ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐. ๐ช ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฌ are still there, but they are on their way to exit the stage and enter their next calling. ๐ค๐ผ ๐๐๐ง...