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The Retirement Newsletter: Have we got retirement wrong?

Issue Number: -64 — Is retirement a good idea?

Nick
6 min readOct 30, 2022
Have we got retirement wrong? Is retirement a good idea?
Photo by Author — this photo has nothing to do with the subject of the newsletter — I just like the shot

Welcome

I have had a little flurry of new subscribers this week — welcome. And I have had a few people buy me a cup of tea — thanks.

This week, I will be looking at if we should retire, and there will also be a visit to nostalgia corner, where I will look at the most recent series of Gone Fishing with Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer.

Should we retire?

For the past few weeks, I have been wondering if we have retirement all wrong.

We plan for our death, and I have done that — see Issue Number: -85 — Planning my funeral.

I have written about planning what to do when I retire:

I have written about my bucket list:

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Nick
Nick

Written by Nick

A scientist and an educator that is planning for the future. The story of my journey from employed to semi-retired and on to fully retired.

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