NCFDD - So You’re Thinking of Retiring: Imagining Life after the Academy

03-29-2018 1:00 PM

This webinar will explore how to start thinking about your retirement. Retirement is a major life adjustment and yet very little of the advice given in various self-help books seems to apply to academic scholars. This webinar will discuss various approaches retirement, this helping you set your personal and, if you want, professional goals for this new time of life. Understanding the context in which you will retire is critical, including such things as different institutional policies; personal choices, and financial matters.

Retirement is a time when you can re-invent your approach to life and work. Although there is not a single way to make this important life transition, there are steps you can take to ensure that you will continue to have a supportive and enriching community in this very different phase of life.

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