How Financially Satisfied Are You?

How financially satisfied are you? Some people may be financially satisfied if their finances are in alignment with their peer group, in Libertyville, IL, and elsewhere. If their financial plans, income, returns, net worth, and purchasing power are roughly the same as the people around them, that may mean they feel financially satisfied. However, financial

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How To Stop Worrying About Running Out of Money

Whether you’ve just started your retirement planning in Libertyville, IL, or have been retired for a while, running out of money might be one of your worries. You may have an established financial plan and plenty of money saved already, but the anxiety may be (at least occasionally) still there. In fact, quite a large

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Turning 50? The Best Financial Moves Now

Turning 50 is a significant milestone for many reasons. Your children may be grown and leaving home. Retirement, which has seemed far in the future for decades, suddenly looms as a real thing that will occur.   Are you on the right financial path? Contact Prism Planning Partners today!   As a result, 50 serves

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The Role of “Work” in Retirement

The concept of retirement is undergoing a metamorphosis.  Demographic, societal, and workplace trends have all converged to offer a stage of life that is much more fluid and flexible than what most of us previously imagined.  In fact, retirement has become a matter of personal definition.   What Is “Retirement”? is an extensive report based

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ADDING MORE LIFE TO YOUR YEARS

Advances in health care have added years to our life.  However, Laura Carstensen, founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity and author of A Long Bright Future, proclaims it is time to add more life to our years. In a recent Op Ed piece for the Wall Street Journal, Carstensen issued this challenge: Given

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Buying Ourselves the Gift of Time

Most adults are increasingly experiencing a time crunch.  The result is mounting stress and compromised health and vitality.  And yet, despite their best efforts, many individuals express frustration about not being able to bring tasks to completion or having enough time to focus on what or who is most important to them. Scientists have even

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3 Tips for Embracing Change in Retirement

When someone starts to think about stopping working, it’s a total mindshift. For years, you’ve been in earnings mode with a constant income stream to support your needs. You’ve also been in a constant state of socialization (whether you liked it or not), with a boss, coworkers, and/or a team relying on you for guidance.

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