RULE 85

Now is not forever

Your retirement is coming up, and it feels like a massive transformation is looming. You’ll be leaving your workplace, your colleagues, the lifestyle you’ve been used to for years – maybe all your adult life. No more daily commute, no more putting on your work clothes every morning, no more full inbox, no one needing to get hold of you urgently, no one wanting your opinion or decision or judgement. It’s all going to go quiet, and the most pressing items on your to-do list will be having a coffee and reading the daily paper.

Scary, huh? Even if you don’t particularly enjoy your job, the prospect of throwing your life up in the air is still daunting. Yes, even if you have plans to embark on a round the world cruise the ...

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