The Challenges of Being a Grandparent

The Challenges of Being a Grandparent

If you’re lucky enough to have been blessed with grandchildren, you know how much of a joy they can be in your life. In retirement, being involved in the lives of your grandchildren can be an uplifting role that fills us with a renewed purpose while we work through a...
Living with a Mentality of Abundance

Living with a Mentality of Abundance

Life is rarely a zero-sum game. On the contrary, humanity has been able to ascend as a species by being able to cooperate more effectively than any other mammal. Yet, it seems to make intuitive sense that if someone else is winning, we lose. Resources after all,...
Becoming a Voluntary Philanthropist

Becoming a Voluntary Philanthropist

C.S. Lewis said, “For many of us, the great obstacle to charity lies not in our luxurious living or desire for more money, but in our fear—fear of insecurity.” With that sentiment, Lewis tapped into an instinct that makes us all Involuntary Philanthropists. For better...
Five Reasons I’m Wary of Retirement Calculators

Five Reasons I’m Wary of Retirement Calculators

Regardless of where you’re at in your life and career, the first question we all ask about retirement is, “Do I have enough?” That answer will depend on the lifestyle we envision for our retirement and the things we want our money to accomplish. The traditional...
Your Legacy and Alfred Nobel

Your Legacy and Alfred Nobel

Beloved cinematic truant Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” As our careers start to wind down, our retirement comes into focus, and we begin to think more lucidly about the time we’ve...
Cramming for Life’s Finals

Cramming for Life’s Finals

We move quickly through our lives. In our earliest days, we’re just figuring out how to socialize and move through the world, exploring our interests and talents. Then comes college and careers and falling in love and kids and families. In our youth, we’re building up...