Dave Hughes is a leading authority on retirement lifestyle planning. He has written over 100 articles about retirement lifestyle planning for his website, RetireFabulously.com, and has published three books: Design Your Dream Retirement, Smooth Sailing into Retirement, and The Quest for Retirement Utopia.

From 2016-2017, Dave was a regular contributor to U.S. News’ On Retirement blog. In 2017, RetireFabulously.com received the Best Senior Living Award from SeniorHomes.com as one of the top retirement blogs, by both reader polling and judge’s selection. Dave was named one of NextAvenue.org’s Top 50 Influencers in Aging for 2017.

Following a successful 34-year career as a software engineer, trainer, course developer, and manager, Dave accepted an early retirement package and retired at age 56. 

During the final phase of his working career, Dave searched the Internet for information about what life in retirement is really like. He discovered that at least 95% of all the retirement-related information was focused on the financial aspects of retirement. Relatively little was being written about how to live a happy, fulfilling life during retirement, and of that, practically nothing was being written from an LGBT perspective. 

Dave created RetireFabulously.com to fill that void.

Dave is an accomplished public speaker and workshop leader. He was active in Toastmasters International for over eight years and has earned Distinguished Toastmaster, that organization’s highest honor. Dave offers a fun and engaging workshop, also called Retire Fabulously!, that brings to life many of the key messages that he presents on his website and in his books.

In addition to his books about retirement lifestyle planning, Dave writes gay fiction. He has released two novels, Maybe Next Year and Instant Adult, with more on the way.

Dave is a jazz musician who plays trombone, electric bass, and steel pan. Dave resides near Phoenix, Arizona with his husband Jeff and their dog Maynard.

Email: [email protected]

Websites: www.RetireFabulously.com and www.AuthorDaveHughes.com

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