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Family & Relationships Activities

Creating a Happy Retirement

A workbook for planning the life you want

by (author) Dr Ronald W. Richardson & Lois A. Richardson

Publisher
Self-Counsel Press
Initial publish date
May 2013
Category
Activities, Aging
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781770401655
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $14.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770409248
    Publish Date
    May 2013
    List Price
    $9.99

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Description

Our life can be viewed as three stages. In the first, we are told what to do and when to do it by our parents and teachers. In the second, our employers give us directions, usually with set working hours. In the third stage, when we retire, what we do with our time and lives is something we must decide. The transition into retirement, with seemingly endless options, can be challenging. Most books on retirement concentrate on the financial aspects of retirement. This is book does not. This is a workbook crafted to help you plan your own life after work: both long-term and day-to-day. It does not tell you what to do; it provides you with the tools to create your own action plan. The book leads you and your partner through a series of exercises designed to help you understand and focus on what is important to you, and make the decisions which will help give your retirement years a structure. The book includes a access to a kit of forms and exercises; a workbook for planning your retirement.

About the authors

Dr. Ronald W. Richardson, BA, MDiv, DMin, has been a marriage counselor and family therapist since 1976. He retired in 1996. He was formerly the Executive Director and Director of Training at the North Shore Counselling Centre in British Columbia. He was also on the faculty of the Pacific Coast Family Therapy Training Association. He is active as a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is a Diplomate of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.

Dr Ronald W. Richardson's profile page

Lois Richardson - MA Journalism, has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, and non-fiction book editor for publishers and government in the U.S. and Canada. She and Ron retired at ages 53 and 58 and have lived happily ever after. Like many busy retirees, she doesn’t know where she found the time to work for pay. Her life is full of hiking, bicycling, skiing, kayaking, reading, going to concerts and plays, and volunteering at a park and a library.

Lois A. Richardson's profile page