Plan to Check Every Box on Your Bucket List
And explore how to live your best retirement.
Love Your Career and Plan to Work as Long as You Want—on YOUR Terms
- Explore a second career
- Start a new business and be your own boss
- Consult in your area of expertise
- Teach and give back to your profession as a mentor
- Invent something and take it to market
Indulge Your Inner Wanderlust and Travel the World
- Live like a Parisian, or do as the Romans do, for a year
- Explore Greek architecture as an architect might
- Learn to Surf in Teahupo'o, Tahiti
- Vow to vacation the top 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites (like Macchu Pichu, Peru or Angkor Wat, Cambodia)
- Learn the secrets only sommeliers know—or just bum your way around the castles of the Loire Valley, just the two of you, a wine opener and a pair of empty glasses
- Or tackle something a little closer to home like hiking the Pacific Crest Trail or outfit the touring coach and take a road trip to all the 47 National Parks
Ditch the Video Calls and Reconnect in Person
- Get back together, just the girls. Or just the guys.
- Make plans for just the two of you, with nothing but an open itinerary and time for each other
- Show your school reunion a thing or two about living
- Get the whole family together every year to ski the double black diamonds or snorkle with the dolphins
- Hang with the grandkids every chance you get—even when they’re all over the country
Stay Fit and Give Yourself Lifetime Experiences
- Learn to ballroom dance, in romantic Vienna
- Tandem bike cruise some of the world's most desirable destination or take a DIY ride along California's Highway 1 south from Monterey to San Luis Obispo
- River raft every navigable North American river
- Discover the thrill of flying and then go for your instrument flight rating
- Hike and dine like a hobbit in the Shire of New Zealand
- Pickleball anyone?
Leave a Living Legacy
- Create a foundation on which your children can build their own financial futures
- Create a special needs trust to provide for a child with life challenges
- Endow a scholarship, or a partial scholarship, and help your alma mater attract the next generation's highest-quality students
- Consider giving a living endowment to your favorite charity
- Think about creating a lasting impact for your family, friends and community
Or Just Leave Your Options Open and Experience What Living Your Best Retirement Really Means