A Few Last Words

November 30, 2015

It’s amazing how fast time flies but today marks my final appearance as a weekly blog contributor for Financial Finesse and you will have a new voice who will communicate her passion about financial wellness topics. I’ll still be here at Financial Finesse doing that financial wellness thing that I do along with conducting some research and continuing education for other CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals. I will also occasionally make some guest appearances here on the Financial Wellness@Work blog, but you can still follow my Forbes contributions and my new role as the retirement planning expert writer for About.com. I may even be able to complete writing another book tentatively titled Live, Plan, Thrive by the end of 2016. Continue reading “A Few Last Words”

Should You “Ditch Your Retirement Plan?”

July 19, 2012

I’ve written before about the Early Retirement Extreme concept, in which people save as much as 75% of their after-tax income in order to become financially independent in as little as 5 years. I recently came across a post in Forbes called Why You Need to Ditch Your Retirement Plan that was surprisingly written by another financial planner who argues essentially the opposite: that people should stop worrying about saving for retirement and enjoy life now. That could mean taking a lower paying job that you like more or working fewer hours, even if it means saving less and retiring later. He points out that working longer wouldn’t be so bad if you love what you’re doing. Continue reading “Should You “Ditch Your Retirement Plan?””