Strategies to boost Retirement and Lifestyle plans
Money, purpose, family, work, health, lifestyle and where we want to live are the key drivers for the 45- 50+ generation. Planning through the next phase of your life helps enormously to ensure success in all these areas - and what better place to get a head-start on that journey than at the Retirement Expo?
If you are 45 and older, the Retirement Expo, sponsored by Efficient Group, is the expo designed for you and about you, now and in the future. How to achieve health, wealth and happiness is now available in one extraordinary expo.
Diarise the Retirement Expo from 25-27 October 2013 at the Coca-Cola dome in Johannesburg to get expert advice and options from participating exhibitors and workshop speakers. Make it a date for a thoroughly entertaining day out exploring lifestyle options for the here and now, along with strategies to boost your retirement planning and lifestyle for the future. Come learn how to Live. Plan. Play!
Retirement in the 21st century holds many possibilities. It has less to do with a rocking chair and a view, and more to do with a wonderful cycle between periods of work and leisure.
According to Lynda Smith of Refirement Network, an exhibitor at the Retirement Expo, some useful milestones to consider are:
• Between the ages of about 45 and 50, we need to assess, and start asking questions to help us discover the road ahead.
• Re-look at the picture every five years to ensure that the plan is still on track, and going in the right direction. The world is changing at such a rate that we cannot assume that plans do not need to be readdressed or tweaked along the way.
To assist with your planning, some of the questions to ask yourself before you visit the Retirement Expo are:
1. What does my investment portfolio look like? Do I have enough?
2. What is my passion and purpose?
3. What risk and health cover do I need for this stage of my life?
4. What kind of work would I like to include in my portfolio?
5. Where do I want to live?
6. What is my new role at home, in society and socially – or what will it be?
7. What would I like to do with leisure and recreational time?
There are many answers to these questions, and the dynamics will be different for every individual or couple. We need to know the answers to these questions to successfully build them into our plans for the future.
Plan a day to enjoy all of the attractions!
The Retirement Expo 2013, and will present free workshops and activities, from financial planning to DIY Projects. The expo will include health and financial services; travel destinations and lifestyle options; health products; home and DIY solutions; fitness and positive aging; retirement and holiday properties; as well as security and care products and services.
Another show highlight is The Market Place where small goods and products will be for sale. The Senior Service Information Centre is where you will find out about retirement villages around the country.
Visitors will also be able to enjoy interactive demonstration areas and relaxation points including the Builders Express and Builders Warehouse Activity area; the Amdec - Evergreen Lifestyle Lounge; the Guard your Life - Healthy Living Pavilion and the Standard Bank - Pause Point Area.
For more information visit www.retirementexpo.co.za or follow @retirementexpo on Facebook and Twitter.
