My Smart Retirement

Building a retirement plan requires a mix of ingredients that a financial advisor can help you create, but it’s not all about assets and accounts. There’s much more to life than wealth and that becomes more and more clear in retirement. That’s why we wanted to share a few circumstances with people we know who were both entering retirement or already in retirement and had questions for us. The circumstances are a little different but they have that common missing ingredient that many people don’t factor in, and that’s the feeling of accomplishment. Getting that sense of an unexpected letdown is real when you stop working. All of a sudden your days have different meaning and often lack purpose. That’s why you want to have a plan for this second life and how you’ll spend your time. The friendship and fellowship is important, but that sense of accomplishment really helps us find happiness. Until we feel like we’re achieving something, then people won’t be completely happy. It’s a feeling we have as humans that we