by Melissa Steele | May 6, 2025 | Blog
Not many people, if any, include “learn how to reduce stress” on their pre-retirement checklist. And why would they? Retirement is a season of life in which your worries melt away, you golf or travel to your heart’s content, and you can bask in the payoff of all those...
by Melissa Steele | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog
One of the biggest surprises many retirees encounter is the taxes during retirement. While many people do see lower tax rates after retiring, it’s not the guarantee that many were led to believe. In fact, the more you save for retirement, the greater the likelihood...
by Melissa Steele | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog
We talk a lot about saving for retirement and managing income once you get there, but it’s just as important to plan for the steps after that: leaving an inheritance, and hopefully setting the stage for generational wealth. The same factor that makes it difficult to...
by Melissa Steele | Mar 20, 2025 | Blog
Saving for retirement is something that we all do (hopefully). But do you ever stop to ask yourself why? It’s not about accumulating “just in case” money or being able to travel the world, although neither of those is a bad thing. They’re certainly both parts of why...
by Melissa Steele | Mar 10, 2025 | Blog
Retirement is meant to be a relaxing, enjoyable season of life in which you can kick your feet up and enjoy the fruits of your labor. However, many retirees have accumulated plenty of savings but are so afraid of outliving them that they overcorrect into frugality. In...
by Melissa Steele | Dec 14, 2024 | Blog
After a long commitment to your career, you’ve decided to retire from your daily 9-5 “grind”. Retirement looks promising, but you worry if you will have enough money to enjoy a good life. Does this sound familiar? The average age for retirement in...
