How to Build a Happy Retirement: The 5-Step Retire Sooner Method, Roth Conversions & Retirement Planning
Retire Sooner with Wes MossShow Notes
What does it really take to build a happy retirement? Join Wes Moss and Christa DiBiase on this episode of the Retire Sooner Podcast as they blend retirement planning research with listener questions to explore the financial and lifestyle choices that may help shape life after work.
• Learn how the five-step Retire Sooner Method brings together the financial and personal sides of retirement planning.
• See how retirement "green zones" may help you think about savings, income, liquidity, and mortgage decisions.
• Explore why core pursuits, strong friendships, and even better sleep have been linked to greater retirement satisfaction.
• Hear practical conversations about written financial plans and other habits that may help reduce money-related stress.
• Get answers to listener questions about AI financial tools, Roth conversions, bond funds versus money markets, spousal IRAs, retirement income, paying off a mortgage, reverse mortgages, and annuities.
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