The Rewire to Retire Blog
The overlooked challenge of retirement: goal setting
After forty-five years of an incredibly successful career in the insurance industry, Ben decided it was time to retire. The first few weeks were blissful. He slept in, caught up with old friends and [...]
What no one tells you about the darker side of retirement
What do you do for a living? Toby asked Jack at a birthday party for a mutual friend. Jack muttered under his breath, “I am a retired pilot” and he quickly excused himself from the [...]
I thought retirement would be easy
Really? Retirement can be complicated is a remark I often get from people who have yet to retire. Their version of retirement looks like waking up without an alarm clock, getting to read the [...]
Could one pandemic lead to another public threat – a loneliness epidemic?
The everyday measures in place to protect us against the corona virus have slowed the pandemic. Experts agree that social distancing, quarantine and isolation are the best defense in the fight against Covid 19. [...]
Does a fresh start, such as a new year, motivate people more to accomplish their goals?
Have you declared 2020 to be the year you start exercising, give up sugar, reduce carbs, forgo the latte and save more money for retirement? If so, researchers believe that you may be on to [...]
What Financial Advisors can learn from Behavioural Economics
Financial advisors can gain a lot of insight from behavioural economics. In the past 40 years there has been an abundance of research dedicated to understanding human decision making. The findings that have emerged [...]