Retirement Quick Tips with Ashley

It’s Sunday, which means...it’s recap time here on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast. 

The theme this week was: Spending Money To Maximize Happiness

In case you missed any episodes, here’s what I talked about this week…

• Does More Money Correlate with Greater Happiness? Research Says Yes

• Buy More Experiences & Less Stuff

• Buy Many Small Pleasures Instead of Few Big Ones

• Delay Gratification on Spending For Greater Happiness

• Strategically Buying Time for More Life Satisfaction

The most important takeaway from this week is…more money can actually buy you greater happiness, but you still need to be wise in how you spend your money - and spend it on the right things in order to actually increase levels of contentment and satisfaction.

Tomorrow, I’m starting a brand new theme: Retirement Planning In Your 50s.

This week’s theme on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: Spending Money To Maximize Happiness

Today…I”m talking about how buying time helps to boost happiness.

This week’s theme on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: Spending Money To Maximize Happiness

In a study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology in April 2011, researches assert that “If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right”

Based on their findings, the researchers suggest several different principles to help you get more happiness out of each dollar you spend. 

Today…I’m talking about how one of those principles: delaying gratification can increase the happiness factor of how you spend money.

This week’s theme on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: Spending Money To Maximize Happiness

In a study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology in April 2011, researches assert that “If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right”

Based on their findings, they suggest several different principles to help you get more happiness out of each dollar you spend. Today’s principle is: Buy Many Small Pleasures Instead of Few Big Ones

This week’s theme on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: Spending Money To Maximize Happiness

In a study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology in April 2011, researches assert that “If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right”

They suggest 8 different principles to help you get more happiness out of each dollar you spend. Today’s principle for the study is: buy more experiences and less stuff. 

This week’s theme on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: Spending Money To Maximize Happiness

Today, I’m talking about how more money can bring you greater happiness, which I’ll use as a baseline assumption with how spending that higher income can actually lead to greater satisfaction.

Welcome to a new week here on the Retirement Quick Tips podcast! I’m your host Ashley Micciche, co-owner of True North Retirement Advisors, an independent financial advisory practice managing over $350 million in client assets. 

On this podcast, I cover everything from investing to debt, social security,saving for retirement, spending and retirement lifestyle, healthcare and taxes in retirement in just a few minutes each day, so if you’re 5-10 years on either side of retirement, and looking for some daily quick tips to help you on your retirement journey, stick around this week as I talk about: 

Spending Money To Maximize Happiness

It’s Sunday, which means...it’s recap time here on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast. 

The theme this week was: How To Run Out of Money In Retirement

In case you missed any episodes, here’s what I talked about this week…

• Overspending

• Enabling Your Children

• Getting Divorced

• Catastrophic Illness

• Murphy’s Law

This week’s theme on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: How To Run Out of Money In Retirement 

Today…I’m talking about another common problem I see with spending and withdrawals that can really draw down your assets in a worrisome way: ignoring Murphy’s law…

This week’s theme on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast is: How To Run Out of Money In Retirement 

Today…I’m talking about how a catastrophic illness can cause you to jeopardize your retirement savings.