Let's Retire Retirement: How to Enjoy Life to the Fullest—Now and Later

Stop postponing the life you want. Start living more fully today.#1 USA Today BestsellerYou weren’t put on this earth to work a job you hate for 30 years just to earn the right to stop living for the next 30.Yet that's exactly the deal most of us have accepted. Work hard. Sacrifice now. Save aggressively. And one day, at 65, you'll finally get to live the life you want.But here’s what that plan doesn’t account for: the future you’re saving for may not look the way you’re imagining. Your health might not cooperate. The relationships you’re neglecting right now may not be there waiting for you. The life you keep deferring has a way of not showing up on schedule.In Let’s Retire Retirement, veteran financial advisor and CADRE co-founder Derek Coburn makes a provocative, data-backed case for how not to retire at 65, and instead, how to build a life you won’t want to escape from.This isn’t about working until you drop. It’s about designing a life so fulfilling, so aligned with what actually matters, that you will never feel the need to walk away from it.Here’s the part no one talks about:When you plan to do meaningful work longer—not because you have to, but because you want to—something remarkable happens to your finances. The pressure to save unreasonable amounts right now drops dramatically. You reclaim cash flow. You reclaim time. And instead of hoarding your life for some future version of yourself who may never arrive, you get to start living with real presence today.Present fulfillment and future financial security aren’t in conflict. They never were.Inside this book, you’ll discover:Why traditional retirement planning is built on assumptions about the future that no one can accurately predict—and a more honest framework for financial security.How to be happy now, and later.How planning to work longer on your own terms can free up significant cash and time right now (and how to effectively use that surplus).Why people who plan to work longer need a fundamentally different financial strategy—including a surprising tax trap that catches most long-term earners off guard.Alternative paths that look nothing like traditional retirement: mini-retirements, sabbaticals, career pivots, and the growing “unretirement” movement.How to stop sacrificing the $50,000 moments—the everyday experiences you’d pay anything to relive—for a promise of happiness that keeps getting pushed further away.Learn how to have more fun in life without guilt, without delay, and without waiting for permission from a distant future."Let’s Retire Retirement captures what so many of us have felt but struggled to articulate." — Daniel H. Pink, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Power of Regret"A generous, actionable, and useful book." — Seth Godin, author of This Is MarketingThis is not a book about working until you die.It’s a book about living a fulfilling life now and later. Read more