Too Young to Retire : An off-the Road Map to the Rest of Your Life

by Stone, Marika; Stone, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780452285576
• ISBN10: 0452285577
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-27
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

With Americans living longer, healthier lives, the conventional idea of retirement is obsolete. Millions of Americans are working past the age of sixty-five—not because they have to, but because they want to. Many, like Marika and Howard Stone, discover second careers, start their own businesses, or go back to school.Based on the popular website www.2young2retire.com, Too Young to Retireoffers inventive and exciting retirement alternatives to help readers find their labors of love, inner activists, or how to make a home away from home. Enlightening exercises and workbook pages as well as a comprehensive list of publications, home exchange organizations, and websites are included to assist readers in making meaningful choices. For those who aren’t ready to throw in the towel, Too Young to Retireis the essential resource for discovering what comes next.

Author Biography

Marika and Howard Stone are co-founders of 2young2retire.com, an online community for retirement-aged people. Howard enjoyed a long career in international advertising sales and magazine publishing before he became a certified life coach at age sixty-four. Marika is the editorial director of 2young2retire.com and has been a journalist, English teacher, public relations account executive, and small business owner. She is also a certified Kripalu yoga teacher.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(12)
The Story of Us	2	(3)
Retiring Retirement	5	(4)
Try This	9	(4)
1. Money: The Prose of Life	13	(20)
The Retirement Industry	16	(1)
Real Security	17	(1)
"It's the Economy, Stupid!"	18	(2)
Money Immaturity	20	(3)
A Financial Adviser of Your Own	23	(3)
Had Enough?	26	(1)
Simply Rich	27	(1)
Putting Money in Its Place	28	(2)
Try This	30	(3)
2. It's Not Working	33	(20)
Time-Out	35	(1)
An Off-Road Look at Downsizing	36	(2)
A Declaration of Independence	38	(2)
The New Entrepreneurs	40	(4)
Love's Labor Found	44	(5)
Try This	49	(4)
3. It Is Working: Volunteering Revisited	53	(20)
Maturity's Gift	55	(3)
Waking the Inner Activist	58	(7)
Idealists in Motion	65	(2)
Social Entrepreneurs	67	(2)
Try This	69	(4)
4. 101 Opportunities for the Open-Minded	73	(24)
Think Like an Entrepreneur	75	(1)
Ageless Adventurer to Yoga Teacher	75	(18)
Try This	93	(4)
5. Toward Wellness	97	(16)
Antiaging Promises	99	(2)
Minding the Mind	101	(2)
The Body Eclectic	103	(3)
Mature Marathoners	106	(2)
Spirit	108	(1)
Try This	109	(4)
6. Radical Departures	113	(16)
Inward Bound: Esalen, Omega, Kripalu	117	(2)
Making Tracks	119	(4)
Homes Away from Home: Caretaking, Home Exchange, Idyll Untours	123	(3)
Try This	126	(3)
7. Resources: Books, Web Sites and Other Tools	129	(18)
Index	147