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.