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Six retirement horror stories and how to avoid them

Six retirement horror stories and how to avoid them

Retirement is the time for the travel, volunteering and reading many have been putting off. But it doesn’t take much to derail the golden years.

Every year executive coach Christina Foxwell completes a vision board with her husband. Even though retirement is 10 or more years away, the idea is that by doing this, the two of them are dreaming of the future and also checking in to see where their hopes align, and perhaps where they don’t.

They’ll also chat to a financial adviser, and have long, sometimes difficult conversations with each other (glass of wine in hand) about what they want to do, and how they can both make it happen.

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Lucy Dean
Lucy DeanWealth reporterLucy Dean writes about wealth management, personal finance, lifestyle and leisure, based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney newsroom. Connect with Lucy on Twitter. Email Lucy at l.dean@afr.com

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