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How do you know when it's time to retire?
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Tags: Retirement, When to, Retire
How do you know when it's time to retire? Try some of the following on for size...
| 1. | Work has begun to interfere with all the many other things you want to do - fitting them all into weekends and holidays is becoming more impossible or unpalatable. |
| 2. | Life just seems too short to carry on working. |
| 3. | You crave your freedom. |
| 4. | You want to have control over your time. |
| 5. | You want to retire while you have the health and strength to do everything that you enjoy. |
| 6. | You have a sense that you would regret continuing to work full time if you did it for much longer. |
| 7. | Your gifts and talents are not being fully utilised. |
| 8. | You are prepared (and able) to lower your overheads if you need to. |
| 9. | The kids are finally off your hands, the mortgage is paid off and your debts are either paid off or well under control. |
| 10. | You would be able to cover your spending needs if the condition of your health changed. |
| 11. | You have successfully lived on your projected retirement income for the past six months. |
| 12. | Your partner is retiring. |
| 13. | You know you could do your job perfectly well until you die, but you're no longer happy or fulfilled. |
| 14. | You plan to have a very active retirement. |
| 15. | You have plans for what you will do with all that extra time. |
| 16. | You have a plan for turning your hobby into a business |
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