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New science says ageing health decline is not linear - proactive steps to take

And in today's newspapers, 'What does it mean to be retirement ready'?
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An Epic Challenge: The Three Capes Walk in Tasmania
Plus, in today's papers, 'Three of the biggest retirement myths, busted'
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The Three Capes Walk in Tasmania: An epic challenge
The whole story and all the photos from our Prime Time Challenge - a 54km walk along the Three Capes of Tasmania
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Hitting preservation age: 'Should I retire then pick up part time work?'
And, in today's newspapers, four really tough truths about renting and retirement.
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How much do you need to retire in comfort in Australia? It just increased.
And, in today's newspapers, 'the truth about why we’re working longer in retirement'.
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How do you help yourself?
And, in the newspapers this weekend 'Nervous about retiring? You might be better off than you think'
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Special edition: The top performing super funds in the retirement phase 2024
There’s simply no data in the public domain that benchmarks the performance of retirement phase funds. So here's some for you to consider.
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Your three biggest retirement advice questions, answered
Cobbling together financial advice without paying for it seems to be a national pastime in the lead up to retirement.
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I met a man who is afraid of retirement: finding joy beyond work
AND, in todays newspapers, "Should retirees have to use their homes to fund their retirement"
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Why you should think twice about retiring early
AND What should you ask your fund's financial adviser?
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Essential Reading

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You’ll probably live longer than you think, so start planning now
When you really explore your projected lifespan, you might find you’re underestimating the years you have ahead and how much you can do with them.
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Seven secrets to getting juicy deals on retirement travel
There’s nothing like the knowledge that you have 15–20 summers of good health left during which you can get travel insurance to motivate you to book and…
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Bec Wilson
Why is retirement so hard?
The reality is, there's more tricky choices in this stage of life than we face in any other time of our lives.
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Letter: Tell me about 'the sweet spot'
This week I explain the sweet spot - the point where people with less superannuation can actually end up earning more retirement income than self funded…
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How early can you retire? These are the key dates and ages to know
As you look towards retirement, you’ll find there's some critical dates that stand out as signposts along the path - dates we can retire, access our…
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The power of deciding for yourself what retirement means
We all have different preconceived notions of what retiring means. And we forget that to each of us, it means something very different.
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Special Edition: Monitoring your superannuation in retirement phase - the top ten performing funds
Retirees cannot compare their retirement phase super fund’s cost or performance using public benchmarking. So today I have sourced you a snapshot of the…
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How to manage retirement with a low superannuation balance
Let’s delve into how someone with the current median Australian super balance for individuals aged 65-69 can make ends meet and achieve a comfortable…
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Financial Confidence

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Why you should think twice about retiring early
AND What should you ask your fund's financial adviser?
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What should you ask your fund's financial adviser?
A useful snapshot to help you prepare for a meeting with your superfund's financial adviser.
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Bec Wilson
Could you get a retirement bonus?
This week we learn what retirement bonuses are, how they're calculated, and whether they are really as cool as they sound.
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Finding financial advice in your fifties
And, how to retire happy and still leave your kids an inheritance
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Happiness and Fulfillment

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Making the most of your retirement while caring for ageing parents
While it might not be your vision of an epic retirement it really can be a precious gift to be able give a caring parent a good old-age.
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Entering retirement suddenly with no planning
How on earth do you navigate that? I've got some steps you can work through.
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How to spread happiness in retirement
Are you a bucket filler or a bucket dipper? Is it affecting your happiness and the happiness of the people around you? Plus - a two in one letter on the…
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Balancing the feelings of uncertainty and excitement at retirement
The process of retirement, one of the biggest phases of change in our adult lives, brings with it two polarising sets of feelings, excitement and…
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health

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New science says ageing health decline is not linear - proactive steps to take
And in today's newspapers, 'What does it mean to be retirement ready'?
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Bec Wilson
Belly fat - a threat to your epic retirement
It's easy to look away or say that an epic retirement is all about your money and financial plans. But it's more than that. It's thinking about all the…
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Intermittent fasting: it could be the ultimate modern ageing lifehack
People are using intermittent fasting in their second half of life to slow their biological ageing process, improve their metabolism, reduce their…
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The real costs of a longer, healthier retirement
I dug deep into The Intergenerational Report 2023 this week to see how the government is projecting life expectancy to change for people who make it to…
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letters

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Letter: Frustrations from the workplace and 'should I really be avoiding the pension at all cost?'
I encourage you to do some self examination - to explore what it is that you’re passionate about.
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Letter: Is owning your own home really important in retirement?
What are the pros and cons of selling our paid off family home, investing the $$$ and renting?
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The tension of shared couple goals and individual goals at retirement - age gap included
This week, in response to an email from Sheryl, I talk about couple goals, individual goals within couples and goals for couples with age gaps too.
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Bec Wilson
Letter: Tell me about 'the sweet spot'
This week I explain the sweet spot - the point where people with less superannuation can actually end up earning more retirement income than self funded…
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Bec Wilson
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