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Inside An NBA Champion’s Journey With Shaun Livingston

In this Financial Samurai podcast (Apple, Spotify), I have the pleasure of speaking with NBA champion Shaun Livingston. Despite sustaining a devastating injury earlier in his career, he overcame and w...

financialsamurai.com Dec 08 2023

What Is the Financial Freedom Movement?

The post What Is the Financial Freedom Movement? appeared first on Millennial Money. This is how we are taught to live in America: You start your career and work really hard until you turn 65 and can ...

millennialmoney.com Dec 08 2023

Can annuitization be a no-lose proposition?

Almost 71 year old retiree, career academic with all my retirement funds in TIAA. I am seriously considering annuitizing the TIAA traditional part of my money, about 30% of the total (the rest is in i...

reddit.com Dec 08 2023

Please tell me how stupid it would be to quit my job

I am 60 and single. This may sound dumb but I am just realizing what an absolute windfall my job is at this time of my life despite the fact that I have to live where I don't want to be. I really shou...

reddit.com Nov 02 2023

In-Depth Guide to Assumable Mortgages

I’m a seasoned real estate veteran with over 20 years of experience and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Throughout my career, I’ve always found assumable mortgages intriguing, yet the...

dadisfire.com Oct 28 2023

Defining Your Post-Career Purpose

Retirement is a fuzzy line these days. It seems increasingly rare for older people to cross the threshold from career worker to retiree on a single day and remain retired indefinitely. My Dad did that...

retirebeforedad.com Oct 27 2023

Golden Handcuffs - How and When Should I Break Free?

This is a really tough decision. I love my job and am well compensated. I love the people I work with. My work life balance is good, not great. That is mostly my doing because I get a lot of fulfillme...

reddit.com Oct 22 2023

Post Career Employment with good benefits

I currently have a very good, but very big job/career. My husband is older than me an already retired, so I am and have been the primary earner. Our kids are in college without student loans (either a...

reddit.com Oct 07 2023

r/retirement who am I after career and children

Today I woke up and decided to do something that I have never done before! My daughter has been telling me about the Reddit community and encouraging me to at "least read some of the posts". Well, I d...

reddit.com Oct 06 2023

Novels on finding a second career in retirement

(Me: retired for six years) The title says it: there are thousands of how-to and financial books. There's nothing wrong with those, but I'm wondering if there is any fiction about that? There are, of ...

reddit.com Oct 03 2023

Never Look Down the Road Not Taken

I recently saw an interview of Magic Johnson where he talks about one of the most important financial choices of his career. After winning the NBA championship in 1980, Johnson was offered sponsorship...

ofdollarsanddata.com Sep 05 2023

Best US retirement destinations with snow

I'm not yet retired but my job is now remote and I would like to move to a lower cost of living city. My preference is for snow and nice views. Where have you all retired to that fits this description...

reddit.com Mar 22 2023

Decision Time

Well, I think I’m finally going to pull the plug. I’m 62 1/2, and I haven’t loved my job for a long time. It’s just what I’m good at, and it pays well. But it’s tim...

reddit.com Mar 22 2023

9 Essential Weapons To Reach Financial Independence

Financial Independence is a great thing. It means you can choose to do what you want without relying on your job to support your lifestyle. Who would not want that? More and more people are trying to ...

wealthofgeeks.com Mar 17 2023

What are my next steps?

I’m 60, SF, no kids and starting to seriously think about my next steps. I have a good job (85k) and benies and ~$500k in my 401k. Only have ~ $2k in savings and owe $5k on CC. Car will be pd in...

reddit.com Mar 13 2023

Quit a job years ago

At the time I did not know I could cash out my retirement just curious if anyone would know if I would still be able to now? Or would it be gone at this point? Thanks submitted by /u/AdMundane8697[vis...

reddit.com Mar 09 2023

Investing Family Money Can Be A Stressful Full-Time Job

I finally clearly understand why I haven’t been able to shake some of the stress I’ve been feeling lately. Despite writing less, doing less business deals, and exercising more, I still fee...

financialsamurai.com Mar 06 2023

Deferring job income?

Just got a contract and will be making pretty serious money for next year, maybe longer. 2-3 hundred k. 63 and looking for legal ways to defer money to retirement - that’s 1 at least years out. ...

reddit.com Mar 04 2023

Movie inspiration to get excited about retirement?

After years of dithering on both of our parts, today my husband finally pulled the plug and formally announced his retirement date (May) at his very boring bank job. He’s now freaking out about ...

reddit.com Mar 03 2023

What You Need To Know To Land A Job In 2023

With the unemployment rate near record lows, the odds favor job seekers — especially those with the right skills (but not necessarily a college degree). Here are 5 top trends....

forbes.com Mar 01 2023

retire right now?

I got a lot of stuff going on. I have kidney cancer, I am 64 and have a federal job that now has changed and I question my skills at it, I have a wife who quit her job and has retired but without draw...

reddit.com Mar 01 2023

Disability Job Programs Get Mixed Reviews

Nearly half of the people receiving federal disability benefits have a psychiatric impairment that interferes with working. And they tend to be younger and more willing to work than other disability b...

squaredawayblog.bc.edu Feb 28 2023

Exceptions to the One House, One Spouse, One Job Rule

By Dr. James M. Dahle, WCI Founder Anyone who has been around the physician financial blogosphere has probably heard someone cite the “one house, one spouse” rule of thumb. In 2015, I expa...

whitecoatinvestor.com Feb 20 2023

the word retirement

As I am zeroing in on retirement, I'm not sure if that is the correct word. I work for the US govt and will turn 65 before the EOY. I am concerned what my job is doing to me mentally so decided to ret...

reddit.com Feb 19 2023

Do I need to look for a job/the same type of job?

I earned about 285k base plus some bonus. Spouse earns 220k all in. Am 48 years of age. 2.3 million in assets. 350k house equity, mortgage of 400k. Can I quit and still be on path to happy retirement....

reddit.com Feb 17 2023

Develop Your Skills and Talents

By Shawn Jenkins and Jonathan Mendonsa Shawn Have you ever considered your career to be like a brokerage account for financial freedom? You want to make the most of what’s in your account—...

jlcollinsnh.com Feb 14 2023

Mini retirement at 35?

Any thoughts about if someone in an established career takes a year or 2 off at 35? Will they have a hard time getting back into the work force? submitted by /u/doistaywithher[visit reddit] [comments]...

reddit.com Feb 12 2023

Your experience with Blue Star Retirement

My son started his first real post-college job at a small employer (< 50) who contracts with Blue Star Retirement to handle their 401k plan. He doesn't know anything about investing and so he just ...

reddit.com Feb 12 2023

Self Employed after Losing Job

Hello, I am 58 and lost my job in January 2022. I started my own business and make the same money as before. I have a Rollover IRA with Fidelity, but I have the feeling with all ups and down on the st...

reddit.com Feb 10 2023

What would you do?

I'm 38 and about 2 years away from retiring from a highly stressful job. My pension (for life) will be about 72k a year, and I will have about 1.1 million in savings. If I stay at my job 5 years past ...

reddit.com Feb 10 2023

Talk about the perfect post-retirement job that you have

Folks who feel that "job" and "work" have no place in retirement, feel free to check out a different discussion! If you've got a perfect post-retirement work gig, what is it? What makes it perfect for...

reddit.com Feb 05 2023

Retirement job ideas for my dad

Hello, my dad is retiring soon and he wants to find a meaningful job but isn’t sure what to do. He has a pretty strict “things I can’t do” list and it’s hard to narrow it...

reddit.com Feb 05 2023

Government jobs/retirement benefits

Has anyone switched careers later in life to some type of government job in order to reap better benefits for retirement? What are the requirements for how long one has to be in a position to get thes...

reddit.com Feb 02 2023