The trouble is when a number—your age—becomes your identity, you’ve given away your power to choose your future.
—Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer
About Retirement
When people ask me when I’m going to retire, my response is “Never! It’s not in my vocabulary.” Most people are shocked. In fact, I have had people in their 40s tell me they can’t wait to retire and wonder what’s wrong with me.
Fueled by consumerism and an aging population, insurance companies, financial planners, the media, and retirement communities divide our lives into preretirement and postretirement. The premise for this book is don’t retire. Here’s why. Traditionally, to retire is to leave one’s job or cease to work, typically upon reaching a certain ...
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