Maddy Dychtwald Quotations

People are living longer than ever before. A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy was 47 years, and the median age was 17?. When they chose the age for retirement as 65, the average life expectancy was 62?. Now, the average life expectancy is almost 78, and shows no sign of topping off.

Boomers make up a third of our population, and they have always dominated our society from a cultural standpoint. The way work itself is being done, how we dress, where we work: All of these innovations have been embraced by our society.

And many of them haven't saved. But this isn't a crisis if we reinvent retirement. Most Boomers look at retirement as a new chapter in their lives, to be new people and try new things, rather than a phase of rest and relaxation.