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Semi-retirement can offer important financial and lifestyle advantages to people in their 50s, 60s, and early 70s. By not quitting work completely, you can use the semi-retirement strategy to significantly increase your retirement income for when you do eventually retire full time, while also getting more time now to enjoy life and feel closer to being retired. By the way, \u201cphased retirement\u201d is another way to describe this strategy.<\/p>\n

To make semi-retirement\u2014and, in turn, retirement\u2014work successfully for you, you\u2019ll need to pay attention to a few items. By addressing these items now, you\u2019re setting a strong foundation in place for your eventual retirement, one that could last as long as 30 years.<\/p>\n

Here are five tips for planning a successful semi-retirement.<\/p>\n

1. Make Your Semi-Retirement Work Enjoyable <\/strong><\/h2>\n

As you consider what type of part-time work you can do in your semi-retirement, see if you can find work that continues the things you like about working, such as applying your skills and experience to helping people and enjoying social contacts. Or maybe you like work that engages your brain in ways your hobbies don\u2019t. Also, look for ways to reduce or eliminate the things you don\u2019t like about work, such as long commutes, office politics, or tasks you consider drudgery.<\/p>\n

2. Find Ways To Reduce Your Living Expenses <\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you\u2019re fully retired and not earning income from working, it\u2019s likely you\u2019ll have less money to spend and will need to reduce your living expenses. Use the time you\u2019re semi-retired to look for key ways you can lower your living expenses. Top candidates for expense reductions include your home and the cost of transportation. Think about whether you can downsize your residence and whether you can get by with one car, keep your older cars, or use public transportation more often.<\/p>\n

3. Know How Much You\u2019ll Spend On Health Insurance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Health insurance premiums and related out-of-pocket costs are the expense items that often increase the most for people who are no longer covered by a health insurance plan at work. Find out how much you\u2019ll have to pay for insurance premiums when you\u2019re semi-retired, particularly before you\u2019re eligible for Medicare, when health insurance premiums can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars per month. You\u2019ll want to build these costs into your budget now.<\/p>\n

4. Don\u2019t Count On Work Income Continuing Indefinitely<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One common problem I\u2019ve seen with older friends and relatives who are semi-retired is that they assume their income from working will continue indefinitely, but the reality is, they\u2019ll reach an age when they can no longer work for income. If they can barely cover their living expenses with their income from working, then they\u2019ll have a serious budgeting challenge when that income stops and they have to rely solely on funds from sources such as Social Security and investments.<\/p>\n

Instead of ignoring the fact that you won\u2019t be able to work forever, you\u2019ll want to plan ahead for the day when you no longer earn income from working. How can semi-retirement help? By working fewer hours and earning less income from work, you\u2019ll be able to determine just what expenses are critical and which can be eliminated. Take a hard look at everything you spend money on, and identify the less essential or \u201cnice to have\u201d expenses that you can cut back on when necessary.<\/p>\n

5. Understand How Long You Need To Be Semi-Retired<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One reason people choose semi-retirement over full retirement is that it\u2019s a smart strategy for covering your expenses without having to start Social Security or tap into your retirement savings. This delay lets these retirement income sources grow until you eventually retire full time.<\/p>\n

To make this strategy work for you, you\u2019ll want to understand when these resources have grown to the point where your retirement income from all sources will cover the living expenses you expect to have throughout your retirement. To help with this, estimate your Social Security benefits at various ages in the future to help you decide when you should start your monthly benefits. But don\u2019t wait later than age 70\u2014it\u2019s the latest age you can start Social Security benefits with the largest monthly income.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also need to select the method (or methods) you\u2019ll use to generate retirement income from your retirement savings, since there are several viable methods that produce different amounts of retirement income.<\/p>\n

My wife and I are in our early 70s, and we\u2019ve successfully used the strategies described in this post. Like many other aspects of retirement, it was well worth the effort. By doing our homework and determining a financial plan that worked for us, we effectively paid ourselves hundreds of dollars per hour for the time we spent that helped build our lifetime financial security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Semi-retirement can offer important financial and lifestyle advantages to people in their 50s, 60s, and early 70s. By not quitting work completely, you can use the semi-retirement strategy to significantly increase your retirement income for when you do eventually retire full time, while also getting more time now to enjoy life and feel closer to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-retirement"},"yoast_head":"\n5 Tips For Making Semi-Retirement Work | iSafeSpend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Semi-retirement can offer important financial and lifestyle advantages to people in their 50s, 60s, and early 70s. 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