AARP The New Retirementality: Planning Your Life and Living Your Dreams...at Any Age You Want, 3rd Edition

Acknowledgments xiii

PART I Out With the Old 1

Chapter 1 What "Retire" Meant: The End of Retirement as We Know It 3

Chapter 2 The End of Social Insecurity and Other Retirement Fears 11

Chapter 3 A Short History of Retirement 21

Chapter 4 The Great "Retiremyths" 29

Chapter 5 End of the Work/Retire Ultimatum 37

PART II A New Way of Thinking 49

Chapter 6 Work May Always Be a Part of Your Life 51

Chapter 7 You're Old Only When You Think You Are 69

Chapter 8 Staying Connected to the World 83

Chapter 9 You Don’t Have to Be 62 to Do What You Want to Do 97

Chapter 10 Don’t Settle for a Lukewarm Life 109

Chapter 11 How Much Is Your Paycheck Costing You? 117

Chapter 12 More Than an Economic Event 133

Chapter 13 Making a Meaningful Transition 143

PART III New Retirementality Solutions 151

Chapter 14 Retire on Purpose 153

Chapter 15 Your Money and Your Life 163

Chapter 16 It's Not Just about Me 179

Chapter 17 Maslow Meets Retirement 191

Chapter 18 Calculating Income for Life: Working through Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Your Financial Plan 201

Chapter 19 Making Your Money Last 219

Chapter 20 Wealth-Care Checkup: Facing Investment Reality 231

Chapter 21 Finding the Right Wealth-Building Partner 247

Chapter 22 Giving Your Life Away 255

Bibliography 267

Index 275