The Retire NOW Method

Charlie Jewett

What if work is already optional? The Retire NOW Method is a podcast for people who are wondering whether they can retire now — or sooner than they thought possible. For more than twenty years, retirement planner Charlie Jewett has helped families stop chasing arbitrary retirement numbers and start asking a different question: What would have to change for work to become optional? Because retirement isn't primarily an accumulation problem. It's an income problem. The Retire NOW Method helps you see your retirement through three things: MINDSET — Rethink what retirement actually means and what your money needs to accomplish. METHOD — Start with the life you want, identify the income you already have, calculate the Gap, and determine what needs to change. MOVES — Explore the Money, Expense, Time, Housing, Occupational and Distance Moves — and the combinations of Moves — that could close that Gap. The destination is Gap Zero — where you've created sufficient dependable income to support the life you've chosen without requiring income from work you no longer want to do. Each short episode applies the unique Retire NOW Method to common questions and topics — income, Social Security, taxes, investments, risk, retirement timing and the decisions that can make work optional. This podcast isn't about convincing you to retire. It's about helping you see clearly enough to know whether you can. Because clarity is better than advice. See clearly. Know when you've arrived. Download your free copy of The Retire NOW Method book at: www.RetireNowMethod.com

Episodes

  1. Sep 9

    Want to Retire Now? You May Need to Change How You Think About Retirement

    What if retirement isn't about reaching some magic number? What if it's really about replacing your paycheck? For more than two decades, I've talked with thousands of families about retirement, and most start with the same question: "How much money do I need to save before I can retire?" The Retire NOW Method starts with a different question: "How much income do I need to make work optional?" In this episode, I explain the three mindset shifts behind the Retire NOW Method: 1. Retirement is an income problem, not an accumulation problem. You don't live on a portfolio balance. You live on income. The goal is to replace the paycheck and solve the income gap. 2. Time is more valuable now than it will ever be again. The next five years may include some of your healthiest years, young grandchildren, aging parents, travel, family, and experiences that can't simply be postponed and recovered later. Waiting has a cost too. 3. Retirement planning should evolve. Technology has changed dramatically since the 1990s—and retirement income strategies have evolved too. Yet many people are still approaching retirement using the same basic thinking they learned decades ago. The Retire NOW Method is built around a simple possibility: What if work is already optional? Before automatically deciding you need to work another five or ten years, let's find out. 📘 Get the free book: How To Retire NOW 📅 Want to talk about your retirement? Clarity is better than advice. When people see clearly, they tend to make really great decisions. — Charlie Jewett Retire NOW Method

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What if work is already optional? The Retire NOW Method is a podcast for people who are wondering whether they can retire now — or sooner than they thought possible. For more than twenty years, retirement planner Charlie Jewett has helped families stop chasing arbitrary retirement numbers and start asking a different question: What would have to change for work to become optional? Because retirement isn't primarily an accumulation problem. It's an income problem. The Retire NOW Method helps you see your retirement through three things: MINDSET — Rethink what retirement actually means and what your money needs to accomplish. METHOD — Start with the life you want, identify the income you already have, calculate the Gap, and determine what needs to change. MOVES — Explore the Money, Expense, Time, Housing, Occupational and Distance Moves — and the combinations of Moves — that could close that Gap. The destination is Gap Zero — where you've created sufficient dependable income to support the life you've chosen without requiring income from work you no longer want to do. Each short episode applies the unique Retire NOW Method to common questions and topics — income, Social Security, taxes, investments, risk, retirement timing and the decisions that can make work optional. This podcast isn't about convincing you to retire. It's about helping you see clearly enough to know whether you can. Because clarity is better than advice. See clearly. Know when you've arrived. Download your free copy of The Retire NOW Method book at: www.RetireNowMethod.com