How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor

by Zelinski, Ernie J.

• ISBN13: 9780969419495
• ISBN10: 096941949X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Visions Intl Pub

Summary

What sets this retirement book apart from all the others is its holistic approach to the fears, hopes, and dreams that retirees have about their retirement years. This international bestseller (over 110,000 copies sold) goes way beyond the numbers that is often the main focus of retirement planning in most retirement books. Readers can better envision their individual retirement goals, including where they want to live, what they want to do in retirement, and what they should do when they are still working to ensure that they have a happy retirement. There are many ingredients of a happy retirement and several retirement planning tools that help retirees plan for their retirement in new and more meaningful ways. One of the most powerful tools is The Get-a-Life Tree that you won't find in any other retirement books. In short, How to Retire Happy Wild, and Free helps readers create an active, satisfying, and happy retirement in a way such that they don't need a million dollars to retire.

Author Biography

ERNIE J. ZELINSKI has an Engineering degree and an MBA from the University of Alberta. Because he is truly organizationally averse, he has not had a real job for over twenty-five years. Ernie speaks professionally on the subjects of real success, retirement, and applying creativity to business and leisure.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Thank Heaven for Retirement!	p. 5
Perhaps it's time to tell your boss, "I'm outta here!"	p. 5
Retirement should put a perpetual smile on your face	p. 10
To not plan for an active retirement is to set yourself up for a difficult one	p. 14
You are never too young to retire	p. 18
Retiring too late means you don't get another chance to do it right	p. 20
You can have your retirement cake and eat it too	p. 23
A major dilemma: life is short - and so is money	p. 27
If deep down you know you are ready, "just do it!"	p. 34
Retirement: A Time to Become Much More than You Have Ever Been	p. 37
Retirement can set you free	p. 37
To have no aptitude for leisure is to have no aptitude for life	p. 39
Create a new identity because your old one won't do	p. 45
Being on purpose is easy if you have one	p. 50
Finding and pursuing your true calling can make retirement the best time of your life	p. 57
Work at something that is not so much a job, but a fun thing to do	p. 61
Reclaiming your creative spirit will put joyful purpose into your retirement life	p. 65
Not writing a book can be more difficult than writing one	p. 71
So Many Worlds, So Much to Do!	p. 75
To be bored is to retire from life	p. 75
Plant your Get-a-Life Tree and watch it grow and grow	p. 80
You don't have to watch one minute of TV when you retire - and perhaps you shouldn't	p. 91
An ounce of action is worth a ton of sitting around	p. 94
Create new structures and routines with your leisure	p. 102
Early to bed and early to rise makes a person dull, boring, and despised	p. 105
Take Special Care of Yourself - Because No One Else Will!	p. 109
You too can exercise your right to a healthy and happy retirement	p. 109
Obesity is getting too widespread - avoid it if you can	p. 114
If you don't take care of your body, where do you intend to live?	p. 117
The shortcut to being truly fit and trim is long-term rigorous action	p. 120
An active walk in nature is the best medicine for many of your ailments	p. 123
Your mind needs a good run too	p. 126
Learning Is for Life	p. 131
Commit yourself to being a lifelong learner and your life will never be without purpose	p. 131
Become a college drop-in and stay more engaged in life	p. 132
Take a joy course for personal growth, self-development, and lifelong learning	p. 134
Work on a university degree and experience a sense of belonging with younger people	p. 135
It's more fun to be wired than not	p. 136
Elderhostel will help you discover the world	p. 138
Your Wealth Is Where Your Friends Are	p. 141
Above all, friends make life complete	p. 141
Two or three real friends are worth more than a hundred superficial ones	p. 145
You can't wait at home to be discovered	p. 150
Keep active and enjoy yourself while looking for love	p. 155
You grow most when you are alone	p. 160
Travel for Fun, Adventure, and More	p. 165
Take yourself out of your element and inspire yourself with new insights	p. 165
Spend all the money that you can on travel if travel really turns you on	p. 166
Tips on how to enhance your next journey	p. 167
Use the Internet to make your travel adventures affordable and enjoyable	p. 169
Travel with a difference	p. 170
Implement something unique into your next trek	p. 172
Become an ecotourist	p. 174
You don't have to be rich to spend a month or two in a warmer climate	p. 175
Enjoy yourself in a myriad of ways at a recreational vehicle retirement resort	p. 176
Why travel alone when you don't have to?	p. 177
Swap your house for a neat pad in some faraway paradise	p. 177
Try a working vacation for a more satisfying traveling experience	p. 179
Journey close to home and do the things that an out-of-town tourist might do	p. 182
Relocate to Where Retirement Living Is Best	p. 183
Live somewhere else and do what you have always wanted to do	p. 183
Consider moving to a college town	p. 187
The secret to a really wonderful retired lifestyle	p. 189
Happiness Doesn't Care How You Get There	p. 191
Retirement is not a time to sleep, but a time to awaken to the beauty of the world around you	p. 191
Celebrate your eccentricity and you will be set free	p. 196
If money can buy happiness, then why aren't you selling some of yours?	p. 200
You will overlook the silver lining if you are always expecting gold	p. 205
Be happy while you are alive because you are a long time dead	p. 208
It's better to live rich than to die rich	p. 212
Helping others can make life more worthwhile and you happier than you have ever been	p. 216
Forget how old you are - this becomes more important the older you get	p. 219
Don't leave this world with songs unsung that you would like to sing	p. 222
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