Creating a Happy Retirement: A workbook for planning the life you want (Eldercare Series) - Softcover

Richardson, Ronald W.; Richardson, Lois A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770401652 ISBN 13: 9781770401655

Publisher: Self-Counsel Press, 2013

Synopsis

Our life can be viewed as three stages. In the first, we are told what to do and when to do it by our parents and teachers. In the second, our employers give us directions, usually with set working hours. In the third stage, when we retire, what we do with our time and lives is something we must decide. The transition into retirement, with seemingly endless options, can be challenging. Most books on retirement concentrate on the financial aspects of retirement. This is book does not. This is a workbook crafted to help you plan your own life after work: both long-term and day-to-day. It does not tell you what to do; it provides you with the tools to create your own action plan. The book leads you and your partner through a series of exercises designed to help you understand and focus on what is important to you, and make the decisions which will help give your retirement years a structure. The book includes access to a kit of forms and exercises; a workbook for planning your retirement. This book explains how to think about your retirement and provides a practical way of planning how you will live your retirement years. There is little written about this topic; the majority of books out there are aimed at financial planning, while the next largest cohort of books speaks to eldercare and housing for those who need assistance in their later years.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Ronald W. Richardson, BA, MDiv, DMin, has been a marriage counselor and family therapist since 1976. He was formerly the Executive Director and Director of Training at the North Shore Counselling Centre in British Columbia. He was also on the faculty of the Pacific Coast Family Therapy Training Association. He is active as a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is a Diplomate of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Lois Richardson, MA Journalism, has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, and non-fiction book editor for publishers and government in the U.S. and Canada. She and Ron retired at ages 53 and 58 and have lived happily ever after. Like many busy retirees, she doesn’t know where she found the time to work for pay. Her life is full of hiking, bicycling, skiing, kayaking, reading, going to concerts and plays, and volunteering at a park and a library.

Edition details

• Publisher: Self-Counsel Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1770401652
• ISBN 13: 9781770401655
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 112