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Arguments with the conventional wisdom.
Essays and video on the parts of retirement no withdrawal-rate calculator touches.
- Essay · 6 min
The Ordinary Tuesday Test
Forget the cruise brochure. Describe 10:15am on a wet Tuesday in February. That's your retirement.
Read - Essay · 7 min
Why You Should Practice Retirement Before Retiring
You'd never buy a house sight unseen. Yet most people buy a decade of their life that way.
Read - Essay · 5 min
The Identity Layoff
The day the title goes away, most people discover how much of them was rented from the employer.
Read - Video · 12 min
Spending Seasons: Why Your Money Shouldn't Last Forever
The go-go, slow-go, no-go framing is right about timing and wrong about nerve.
Watch - Essay · 4 min
The Fifteen-Minute Friends Problem
Count the people who could be at your kitchen table within fifteen minutes. For most retirees the number is zero.
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