390: Creating Your Purpose Driven Retirement Bucket List with Jet Vertz

Today, I’m talking to Richard “Jet” Vertz. He’s a retired aviation business executive who spent 40 years in the aerospace business, a U.S. Navy service officer who served in Vietnam, and a teacher at the University of Rhode Island’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. His latest book is Purpose Driven Retirement, in which he shares a process designed to help readers create their Purpose Driven Retirement Bucket List–goals based on hobbies, passions, strengths, limitations, and aspirations to achieve in this far-reaching phase of life.  In our conversation, Jet shares life lessons from growing up in an orphanage in war-torn Korea before being adopted by an American GI at the age of 11, why a life of leisure in retirement isn’t always as fulfilling as we think it’s going to be, and how to chart a new course for the decades to come–no matter what life stage you're in right now.  GET A FREE COPY OF JET’S BOOK, PURPOSE DRIVEN RETIREMENT: GENERATING A PURPOSE DRIVEN BUCKET LIST Here's all you have to do... Step 1.) Subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review over on iTunes. Step 2.) Text BOOK, that’s BOOK to 866-482-9559 for a link to our book request page, complete the form and we will ship you the book for free. It’s that simple! In this podcast interview, you’ll learn: Why it’s easy to start feeling like a “taker” after the honeymoon of early retirement wears off.  How Jet started his first purpose-driven retirement group–and how finding and defining purpose in this stage of life gave him the structure and support he needed. How to do a “purpose checkup” to make sure your life is moving in alignment with what you want–and want to give.  The difference between dreams and goals–and how to make the big things you want from life specific and achievable.  How (and why) to create a lifeline to tell the story of your life on a graph–and find your passion (and so much more) along the way.  Show Notes: RetireWithPurpose.com/390 Rate & Review the Podcast: RetireWithPurpose.com/review Sign Up to Casey's Weekend Reading Email! Sifting through the copious amount of conflicting financial advice and retirement information can be daunting - but it doesn't have to be! Each week, Casey makes it super easy. He hand-picks 4 of the most important articles you need to read, that are beneficial to you whether you're at, near, or in retirement! If you want them sent straight to your inbox, sign up by visiting RetireWithPurpose.com/weekend-reading