How to Retire: Happy, Wild, and Free

The following material was gathered from the book How to Retire, Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement wisdom that you won't get from your financial advisor  by Ernie J. Zelinski
             
       Strong Signs That you are not ready for retirement

•  You have been unhappy all your working life and have been waiting for retirement to make you happy.
• You have no nest egg because you have been expecting a big lottery win to fund your retirement dreams.
• Planning a vacation is more fun than taking it.
• Vacations have always taken a back seat to work commitments.
• You have not hobbies or other outside interests outside of work.
• Your best friends are people you work with and that you don't like all that much
• All the social functions are work related.
• The thought of spending a lot more time at home with your spouse makes you extremely  anxious and dejected.
• Your spouse has always wanted you to get a life outside of work, but you haven't gotten around to it.
• You don't know the meaning of  sabbatical, let alone having ever acually ever taken one.
• On weekends your spouse constantly complains about you getting into his or her hair
• You persistently look at work, even when you are not on the job.
• You are proud to be a workaholic even though you know that workaholics  aren't that productive.

        Exploring these ideas can be quite helpful