Get A Life: You Don't Need A Million To Retire Well

Get a Life: You Don't Need a Million to Retire Well

Retire happy and healthy without keeping a million bucks in the bank!The financial-service industry wants you to believe that in order to avoid financial destitution, you need to put aside huge amounts of money that you -- let's say it together -- "should have begun saving years ago."Not true, states Ralph Warner, Nolo co-founder and the author of Get a Life . Although a sensible savings plan makes good horse sense, many other actions and decisions will determine whether you enjoy your retirement years.Get a Life shows you how to beat the anxiety surrounding retirement, and to develop a plan to make your golden years the best of your life by:developing family relationshipsmaintaining and creating friendshipsimproving healthkeeping activedeveloping a robust curiosity for the worldrealistically calculating how much money you need and how to secure itThe 5th edition provides the latest research and studies that show physically and mentally active retirees live longer and enjoy happier lives.New in 2008: Also in this category, by coauthor Ralph Warner, Retire Happy: What you Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement.ReviewOn my scale of one to 10, this great book rates an off-the-chart 12. (Robert Bruss 2009-01-01)Thank you a thousand times for Get a Life! (J. H., Sacramento, CA)Offers sound advice for achieving both financial success and developing areas of your life that will truly make a difference in retirement... (Chicago Tribune 2009-01-01)Some books slice through the media noise with clarity. Get a Life is one of them. Its author advises a life-enriching retirement plan. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram 2009-01-01)If you're in your 40s or 50s and find yourself spending too much time worrying about how many hundreds of thousands (or millions) you will need to retire, I have a suggestion. Do what I did... Put in a rush order for [Warner's] book Get a Life. (Scott Burns Houston Chronicle 2009-01-01)This inspirational book discusses how people can have a successful retirement without a lot of money as long as they have strong relationships, decent health and absorbing activities to keep them going. (Liz Pulliam Weston Los Angeles Times 2009-01-01)One of the best retirement books to come out in recent years... puts money and the other essentials of retirement life in its place. (Linda Stern Reuters 2009-01-01)Those who really want to retire can figure out ways to live that will cut their expenses while enhancing their experience of life. (San Antonio Express-News 2009-01-01)Hard work and a lifetime of savings are the prescription for a good retirement, right? Think again... (U.S. News & World Report 2009-01-01)About the AuthorRalph "Jake" Warner,widely recognized as a pioneer of the do-it-yourself law movement, Warner founded Nolo with Ed Sherman in 1972. He began publishing do-it-yourself law books written by him and his colleagues after numerous publishers rejected them. Warner holds a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from Princeton.