Losing your steady salary is amongst the main reasons we don’t retire as soon as we’d like to.

So we go through with our work until the Medicare coverage starts at 65, sacrificing our health in order to have financial stability in retirement.

But this attitude towards retirement is a form of self-sabotage.

Why? 

Because the transition into retirement does not have to be a zero-sum game where we choose the lesser of two evils.

Rather, it’s a time to evaluate the risks of what we want to achieve as soon as we retire.

In this episode, former media seller Michelle Jacobson shares how to deal with financial strains in your transition into retirement, the key to engaging commercials, and meaningful community work in San Antonio.

Listen now.

Show highlights include:

• Why most ads are tedious and annoying (and how the best marketers create engaging commercials) (4:33)
• How waiting for Medicare can cost you your health (even if retiring before 65 burns a hole in your finances) (13:52)
• How to make the most of your travel experience (without having to leave the US) (16:01)
• The best nonprofit organizations to end the widespread family poverty in San Antonio (17:52)

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