Category Archives: Retirement Planning
Where to Retire
When you selecting your retirement haven, the experts recommend to consider at least following: the cost of living, health/medical care, climate, safety, infrastructure, special benefits, accessibility, existence of expat community, and many other
The WSJ Article – Moving to Bali
On June 7th, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL published the article “Moving to Bali — How a retired California couple found a new life on a Pacific island” by JUDITH SCHNEIDER. The article
Retirement Outsourcing
A week ago we saw a new movie “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”. It is funny and sad at the same time. Seven British retirees decided to “outsource” their retirement to India.
Catch Up Conversation With My Friend
Yesterday I had a lovely conversation with one of my old friends. We know each other for over 30 years, from our college time back in Russia. She became aware of our
Money, Money, Money, cont.
With regret I have to confess that we do not have five millions in savings, therefore we have to come up with the alternative way: either dramatically reduce our spending during retirement
Are we nuts?
There is a Buddhist proverb: “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear”. Somehow, we started to see the articles about the early retirement, the best places for retirement, retire overseas,
To Blog or Do Not To Blog
It seems that every single person has a blog these days. Our son insists that I also start writing a blog. Speaking of our son… He is the one who influenced us to make