Retirement Reinvented

It’s estimated that 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age every day. While age may be a commonality among this group, how they choose to spend their free time may be quite different. Certainly, some retirees stick to the traditional archetypes: The Leisure Lover who naps, reads and…

Now Or Later?

Tell us if you’ve heard this before. File for Social Security as late as possible. Sound familiar? That’s because conventional wisdom and a little bit of math tell us that waiting at least until full retirement age (between 66 and 67, depending on when you were born) will net a larger monthly payout than…

A Blind Date With A Destination

It’s a warm spring morning, and the sounds of the lush forest ahead are temporarily drowned out by the whirring blades of the helicopter you’re in. Moments later, you’re enveloped in that moss-covered grove, carrying backpacking equipment and a singular thought: I have no earthly idea…