Finding What's Important in Retirement

Written on the 21 February 2024 by Parkside InvestorPlus

For three decades, Jim Kilkenny worked as a financial planner advising people on solid plans for their retirement.

It was reasonable, then, for him to expect that, upon his own retirement, leaving his fairly stressful job behind would be a breeze.

Only it wasn't.

After a few months of "decompressing and doing very little", Mr Kilkenny realised that he wasn't very happy.

Read about Jim's retirement transition experience.


Author:Parkside InvestorPlus
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