What will you do with the rest of your life? Working life can feel like running a marathon. Retirement feels like running over the edge of a cliff. First comes a feeling of release ...flying ...then just a bit of panic. This book will help you deal with what's next. Discover practical steps to: *Create a retirement uniquely suited to your personality and needs *Assemble the essential building blocks of happiness *Uncover new possibilities *Re-invent your life. *Have fun! This book is NOT about financial planning, therapy, or buying an R.V. It is NOT a tidy one-size-fits-all. It IS about creating a happy retirement. Happily Retired will help you get it right in your own unique way.

The bestselling author of You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think and host of Money Matters reveals the 10 essential habits for a rich, rewarding, and blissful retirement. What does it take to have a truly happy retirement? Is it money? A mortgage-free home? An active social life? A long-lasting marriage—or maybe a new one? Finance expert, author, and radio host Wes Moss asked more than 2,000 of the nation’s happiest retirees to find out—and their answers may surprise you. Through a series of revealing surveys, Moss noticed a pattern of distinct, recognizable habits that the happiest retirees shared, from the simplest of lifestyle choices to the smartest of financial strategies. These are the kinds of habits anyone can develop—the perfect road map to a healthy, secure, and joyful retirement—sooner. Whether you’re already retired or just starting to make plans, these 10 simple actions and attitudes can make a profound difference in every aspect of your life. The book is packed with hard-won wisdom and invaluable advice on how to make little changes now that will have the biggest impact later. It’s filled with proven ways to develop smarter habits with: Money (“Think river, not reservoir”); Family (“Get your kids off your payroll”); Housing (“Live mortgage-free”); Investing (“Be a tomorrow investor”); Spending (“Be pound wise—so you can be penny foolish”); and much more. With these 10 transformational habits, you can stop obsessing over money, stay socially connected, and start enjoying your new life—as the happiest retiree on the block.

How to Stay Happily Married for Over 50 Years Scholar, researcher, and educator, Dr. Victoria M. Rey explains how to build foundations for a successful relationship during the dating stage and strengthen these in the partnership journey to maintain a forever happy life based on her experience and research. She provides answers to the following questions. What do I need to do to have a successful date? How do I determine if my date is a potential good spouse? How can I have a happy relationship with my partner? What strategies can help me maintain a long-lasting, happy relationship or married life? Typically, sustaining a relationship or marriage is not taught in schools. As such, there is a need for people who intend to date someone, enter a relationship, get married, or sustain a marriage to acquire reasonable knowledge and skills for a successful partnership. Sexuality education is taught in schools in several countries to equip the youth with the knowledge and skills necessary to make responsible decisions relating to sexual health. Research indicates the positive impact of comprehensive sexuality education. Despite this curricular offering, some students enter a relationship or get married at an early age. Some partnerships or marriages of adolescents and adults result in separation or divorce. This book, How to Stay Happily Married for Over 50 Years, provides partners and potential married couples with the necessary knowledge, skills, and mindset for a long-lasting, happy relationship despite individual differences and challenging situations. It gives tips on finding a date, recognizing a potential good life partner, getting married, and sustaining a happy relationship. These strategies are based on Dr. Rey's extensive experience and research. This book also presents questions that help readers examine what they did or intend to do to have a successful date, determine a potential spouse, and build foundations for a happy and long-lasting relationship with partners or spouses. People get married because they love each other, want to live together until death or consider other worthy reasons. Despite these good intentions, some couples divorce or separate. Marriages in countries worldwide show a sizable percentage of divorces (https://worldpopulation-country). In the United States, for example, the National Center for Health Statistics shows that 4-5 million people get married every year in the United States, and about 42-53% of those marriages eventually end in divorce (Marriage and Divorce, cdc.gov.). A 2005 United States national survey indicated 12 top reasons for divorce such as lack of commitment, constant arguing or conflict, infidelity, marrying too young, unrealistic expectations about partner or marriage, inequality between partners, inadequate preparation for marriage, domestic violence, financial problems, conflict about domestic work, lack of family support, and religious differences (psychcentral.com). This book, How to Stay Happily Married for Over 50 Years, shows how to build foundations for a successful relationship during the dating stage and strengthen these in the relationship journey to maintain a forever happy life. My husband, Solomon, and I use these tips to stay happily married for over 50 years. These are realistic and proven strategies for building and maintaining a long-lasting, happy relationship forever.

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Happily Ever After doesn't have to be just a fairytale anymore This book was written with the current retiree in mind. It is one of the first books to recognize that once you get that last paycheck from your employer (the last paycheck for the rest of your life), you need to start seeing your money differently. One of the biggest fears of most retirees or those preparing for retirement is that they may run out of money before they die. That fear can be greatly reduced by following the simple, easy to implement strategies and plan that Jim Black shares in this book. As a retiree, you have spent 40 years or more saving and accumulating assets for retirement. Yet a single down year in the stock market can change your retirement forever. Most retirees think that they need to choose between growth and income, or risk and return, but Jim Black will show you that those options are not mutually exclusive.Using real life examples and humor, Black has created a process that helps retirees overcome their basic fears. He has done this in a manner that anyone, regardless of their financially sophistication, should be able to implement for themselves. By reading this book and implementing the strategies, you will greatly increase your chances of retiring on your terms, and living Happily Ever After.

A how-to-be-feisty approach to living for retired people interested in making the very most of their golden years. Learn how to reaffirm yourself as a vital member of the community; embrace your new freedom with gusto; debunk negative stereotypes of retirement; discover guilt-free, courageous living; and more.

Retirement and good living Are you getting ready to simplify life and move from the world of work to a life of retirement and good living ─ to enter a happy retirement? Retirement and good living: The author of Purposeful Retirement, Hyrum W. Smith, is one of the original creators of the popular Franklin Day Planner, the former Chairman and CEO of Franklin Covey Co., and the recognized “Father of Time Management”. In this book, Hyram shows you how you can move from your world of work, simplify life and enter what can be the most satisfying phase of your life ─ a new world of purposeful retirement and good living. Aging well and a happy retirement: You have had a successful career by almost all measures and now you are concerned about aging well and looking toward a happy retirement. You are definitely not a couch potato. • How are you going to create a retirement that is meaningful and inspiring for your second act? • Can you simplify life? • Is there a way to make intelligent and anxiety free retirement planning choices? • Can you learn from the lives and experiences of people who have found their pathway to happy retirement? • What are their secrets to aging well and a happy retirement? Retirement guide: For four decades, Hyrum W. Smith has been empowering people to effectively govern their personal and professional lives. An award winning author, distinguished speaker, and successful businessman, Hyrum offers a tested and actionable retirement guide to finding that perfect retirement niche. In his book, Hyrum enables you to map the step-by-step route to a retirement that is not just enjoyable but is also deeply fulfilling on a personal level. Welcome to your new life of retirement and good living: This distinguished author, speaker, and businessman combines wit and enthusiasm with a gift for communicating compelling principles that inspire lasting personal change. Hyrum shares a lifetime of wisdom in this powerful retirement guide to discovering your true passion, re-imagining your life, and trying new possibilities. Welcome to a new life of retirement and good living ─ to a purposeful retirement.

Four action-packed stories from four-time award-winning author CB Samet. Dive into adventure as these brave heroes and heroines face dangerous villains, risking their lives to save each other and save the day. Connor File (a Rider Files novella) Rick Swanson loves his job as a firefighter, and when the intriguing ER doctor, Mackenzie Connor, catches his eye, the temperature rises. But his world is sent on a tailspin when an arsonist has an agenda of revenge. Rick needs to deal with this threat if he's going to get his life back on track. Mackenzie Connor is falling fast for fireman Rick, until he inexplicably distances himself. When she learns he's trying to protect her from a crazed arsonist, she won't be idle. And she won't back down from danger. She enlists the help of the elite Rider Security and Investigation team, but can she reach Rick in time to save him or will they both go up in flames? *** Phoebe's Pharaoh (Romancing the Spirit Series) An ancient Egyptian tomb. The discovery of a lifetime. And a treasure shrouded in danger. When a ghostly pharaoh solicits Phoebe's help to uncover an ancient tomb, long forgotten, Phoebe Montgomery embraces the task to reunite the ghost with his wife's spirit. On the insistence of her protective brother, Phoebe hires former Marine, Oz Levine. But they aren't the only ones venturing to wake the dead and claim the buried fortune. Oz Levine is readjusting to civilian life after injury in the line of duty. He agrees to help the plucky museum curator—Phoebe without knowing about her paranormal sidekick and the danger they'll both be drawn into. After they enter the tomb, they realize they're not the only one's seeking the discovery. They must trust each other and the help of a pharaoh if they're to escape the tomb alive. *** Red Threat (A Dr. Whyte Adventure Novella) Lillian Whyte's day started as any other--medical emergencies followed by touring the new ER and ICU tower construction. But when armed gunmen storm the building and take hostages, Lillian won't be idle on the sidelines. Determined to uncover their motive, Lillian comes face to face with danger and she may never leave the building alive. *** Raven's Flight (A Shadow Guardians Novella) Avery Swift's tropical vacation turns into a nightmare when she kills a Dark Elf in self defense. With the help of Shadow Guardian Jake Folkvar and three mysterious Thoren sisters, Avery learns more about the shadow war and creatures of light and dark. Determined to help war efforts, she and Jake embark on a hunt for elusive uru--a metal used to forge powerful weapons against the rising evil. But they aren't the only ones after the ore, and if they aren't careful, they may not leave the island alive.

Lillian Whyte's day started as any other--medical emergencies followed by touring the new ER and ICU tower construction. But when armed gunmen storm the building and take hostages, Lillian won't be idle on the sidelines. Determined to uncover their motive, Lillian comes face to face with danger and she may never leave the building alive.