First Post!
Welcome to my blog! I retired in 2014, after working 30-plus years for natural resource agencies as a policy analyst and planner, including work on strategic planning, capital program budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, and watershed planning. In this blog, I would like to share some of what I’ve learned as I’ve made the shift into life after work.
I will write several posts on the big question facing anyone contemplating retirement,“Can I afford it?” Having obsessed over this question myself for some time, and waded through a morass of conflicting and self-serving financial advice, I’ve come to the realization that understanding where you stand financially is surprisingly simple – if you can screen out all the noise.
I will also write about:
- how to manage money and take withdrawals in retirement;
- when to take social security;
- are annuities as terrible as people seem to think;
- can you send a kid to college when you’re retired;
- caring for a parent or disabled child when you’re retired (and maybe beyond); and
- mitigating the financial impacts of the life’s nasty surprises and outright disasters.
I’ll point to some resources and financial calculators that I think are particularly valuable and well written.
I hope you find my posts helpful, and that you are inspired to make sure your own financial plan is in order. It requires only a modest effort, and you will sleep better at night.
Please come back, check out my future posts, and let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by!
4 Comments
Gabby
I am looking forward to reading about what your experience has taught you. I am looking for a subscribe button!
Keith
Thanks for stopping by, Gabby. I hope you come back to check out some of my future posts — and to admire the new “follow” button I’ve added at your suggestion! (It’s the little blue button to the right.)
Fiona
It’s never too early to plan finances for retirement, right? Adam has already requested the link!
Keith
I couldn’t agree more, Fiona. Getting serious about financial planning as a young adult can really pay off in the long run. Please forward my web address to Adam.
Did you know there’s a lovely young hippo named Fiona at the Cincinnati Zoo? She’s world-famous.