Make your retirement years
the best years of your life!

How will you fill your 8000 days?

What will you do to feel inspired and unstoppable?

What will give you a sense of accomplishment?

SERIOUS ABOUT RETIRING

A Practical Roadmap for a Healthier, Wealthier, Happier Retirement

Are you serious about retiring? If you are anywhere from ten years before to five years after departure from the workforce—that’s you. This comprehensive guide to retirement offers insights and information on health, family, housing, travel, money, and so much more.

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Travel

Travel

I love to travel with my wife Lucy Rose for so many reasons. It is generally exciting and fun to see new places with her. An ideal trip may be some combination of walking through nature and moseying through a cosmopolitan city. I love to explore and have adventures. I...

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Assembly required

Assembly required

Those dreaded words – “Some assembly required” – just arrived. Winter is here, and I bought a stationary bike for my home. I need exercise indoors. During the pandemic I’m not comfortable going to the gym. The bike came in a cardboard box, in pieces, and needed to be...

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Our spending plan

Our spending plan

I am excited to report that my wife and I have completed the first full year of our spending plan. Our goal was to understand and manage our expenses. The result of this has been a year of learning and surprises for us. Our first step in managing our retirement...

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About the Author

Mark S. Fischer, PhD, MBA, CPRC is a retirement coach. His online workshop, JOURNEY TO YOUR NEXT STAGE, helps pre- and post-retirees create a retirement that is engaging, meaningful, exciting, and fun. His recent book, Serious About Retiring: A Practical Roadmap for a Healthier, Wealthier, Happier Retirement, is a holistic and comprehensive sourcebook on retirement.