Retirement itself involves a degree of risk. We don’t know if we will be happy or not. We don’t know if we will have enough income to live comfortably. We don’t know if we will have enough income to last until our death since we never know how much time we have yet to live.

“Retirement” Is Not A Dirty Word! | Sixty And Me
When I was newly retired several years ago, I created a website for those rookies in my cohort, so they could benefit from my experiences transitioning to a new stage of life. On that website, I included a definition of retirement, which felt quite tongue and cheek at the time:


