When we decide to retire, we jump off into the unknown. Sure, we’ve developed a plan. We’ve saved and accumulated resources. We’ve figured out how we’ll spend our days and our money. And hopefully we have our health.
Prior to retirement, I’d have said there was little chance we’d own a second home in retirement. Been there, done that. Our retirement cabin had been a second home for 7 years before we retired, which we used for weekend escapes and supplemental rental income.
A week before I retired, I received a phone call from a longtime friend who was the President of an international aluminum recycling company. We’d interacted frequently over my years of work, and I suspected his call was a congratulatory call on my upcoming retirement. I was wrong.
My wife and I both knew we wanted to spend more time doing charity work in retirement. What we never expected, however, was the reality that actually RUNNING a charity would become one of our Purposes in retirement.