{"id":24781,"date":"2019-09-23T16:06:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T06:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=24781"},"modified":"2024-06-27T01:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:05:56","slug":"retire-at-55-and-live-to-80-work-till-youre-65-and-die-at-67-startling-new-data-shows-how-work-pounds-older-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=24781","title":{"rendered":"Retire at 55 and live to 80; work till you\u2019re 65 and die at 67. Startling new data shows how work pounds older bodies."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"451\" class=\"wp-image-24782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Retirement_Day.jpg\" alt=\"Retirement Day\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Retirement_Day.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Retirement_Day-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Retirement_Day-768x417.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Here\u2019s a very sobering piece from financial planner Alec Riddle, who looks at the relationship between how long you work and how long you\u2019re likely to enjoy your retirement. Citing some interesting research, Alec argues that those who continue to work right up to the maximum retirement age tend to have shorter retirements than their peers who retire younger. This article will certainly make you think about your own retirement plans and strategy, especially if you\u2019re like me and hoping to work until you\u2019re 95.<\/p>\r\n<p>(P.S. 26 June 2024 I found the original link did not work. I searched the site and found only articles supporting working longer rather than retiring earlier. Amazing what 4 years and a necessity to keep people from accessing their retirement funds will do to a story.)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a very sobering piece from financial planner Alec Riddle, who looks at the relationship between how long you work and how long you\u2019re likely to enjoy your retirement. Citing some interesting research, Alec argues that those who continue to work right up to the maximum retirement age tend to have shorter retirements than their &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=24781\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Retire at 55 and live to 80; work till you\u2019re 65 and die at 67. Startling new data shows how work pounds older bodies.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-wealth-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50689,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781\/revisions\/50689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}