Posts by Mike Drak

When you retire you want to be intentional with your time and focus on doing the things that will give you purpose and meaning, what makes you truly happy. In this final article, I’m going to bring everything together by telling you one of my favourite retirement lifestyle design stories.   Part one: It all…

In our first article we discussed the importance of finding a good sense of purpose and how many retirees are finding it through paid or volunteer work.   I’m a big fan of working part time as there is mounting evidence that working at something helps people live a longer, healthier and happier life. I’ve…

Transitioning to a successful retirement is much more than a math problem, it’s a design problem. Every retiree needs to design a retirement lifestyle that will work for them based on their own unique values, needs and wants and then ensure they have sufficient cash flow to finance it. The challenge is that most retirees…