Who says retirement planning has to be complicated or boring? Preparing for what could be a three-to-four-decade period of financial independence can feel exhilarating and daunting at the same time. In this book, retired financial planner and author Jim Collier uses his thirty-plus years of experience, humor, and a special gift for making complex topics easy to understand, and in the process, he helps educate you about the absolute necessity to plan for your financial future today. No one, including your employer or the federal government, is contributing to a GoFundMe retirement account for your benefit without your knowledge. Retirement Is Recess for Grown-Ups blends both traditional and contemporary retirement planning strategies in an easy-to-follow format for those who aspire to achieve the new-era, multidecade retirement lifestyle. The book offers a design for living for those who may want periods of retirement along with reemployment as well as those who seek a permanent lifetime recess from work. Whichever lifestyle you choose, today’s retirement hopefuls must take charge of their financial futures if they wish to re-create their lives and enjoy the lavish benefits of financial freedom-doing what they want, whenever they want, for as long as they want. This book defines the unique challenges facing today’s retirement hopefuls and outlines actions to successfully launch retirement dreams and keep them afloat on the sea of longevity. Homework assignments include the following: - Creating You Vision™-a lifestyle-planning exercise designed to help you discover your unique relevance in seven life facets of a multi-decade retirement. Don’t leave work without this. - Completing a simple but revealing assessment of Retirement Income Security Killers™ (RISK). This exercise serves to provide a preemptive strike on potential RISKs before they threaten your financial independence. - Evaluating a financial adviser using the seven Cs-characteristics of an ideal retirement-planning fiduciary. A sixty-page companion, Retirement Recess Homework/Exercise Workbook, is available free as a download for those who purchase this book. The workbook has a $12.95 value. Visit www.retirementrecess.com for details. You can’t go to recess until your homework is finished. When the bell rings, will you be ready?