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Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

1338: When You Don't Want to Retire by Dawn Starks of SimpleMoneyPro on Seeking Financial Independence

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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Investing, Self-improvement, Education, Business

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🗓️ 7 November 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Dawn Starks of SimpleMoney talks about the desire to not retire. Episode 1338: When You Don't Want to Retire by Dawn Starks of SimpleMoneyPro on Seeking Financial Independence Dawn Starks has been a financial planner for over twenty years. Her aim with financial planning work has always been to simplify things for clients. Making concepts easier to grasp and less scary is the goal. Dawn's SimpleMoney project - the blog, podcast, and soon-to-be courses and book is a co-project with her husband Greg. The original post is located here: https://simplemoneypro.com/blog/dont-want-retire/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in  The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts!   Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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money pro.com and I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Merriam.

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This is the show where I narrate posts from thought leaders in personal finance every single day of the year, in 10 minutes or less.

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We cover so much on this show from saving to investing to

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debt reduction and more. Today we're going to be talking about the need to

0:59.8

strive towards financial independence even if you don't have the desire to retire.

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as we optimize your life.

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When you don't want to retire by Dawn Starks of Simple Money Pro.com.

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Have you planned well for your retirement? Some answer that question this way.

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Oh, I love my work and I don't ever plan to retire.

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That may well be true, but what if you change your mind?

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Or what if something happens in your life preventing you from working well into your 70s

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and beyond? Don't neglect to plan just because you think your goal is that you'll work

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