My 16 Month Retirement Check-In (My biggest change and biggest surprise) by Scott Stolz, CFP, RICP (week 70)
I’m coming up on 1 ½ years into retirement, so it seems like a good time to reflect on how it’s going so far. To begin with, there’s a lot I don’t miss. If I were still working, I’d be wrapping up budget season. I certainly don’t miss that “fun” process. And the end of budget season means I would be coming up on annual reviews. I absolutely don’t miss that. My condolences to all of your full-time workers enjoying those annual workplace rituals. I remember how much “fun” it is to make sure all of your employees fit nicely into that bell curve that HR likes to see. I never understood a process that motivated you to keep some underperformers during the year so that you would have people to give a lower rating to during the annual review process. Of course, that can lead to questions about why you’ve kept those underperformers. Like I said, I don’t miss any of that. About a month ago I experienced a major shift...