Your Retirement Life

Your Survival Guy: “It’s Saving Me Too”

Your Survival Guy was having a typical, non-typical call with a client yesterday. It was typical because we talk regularly, and non-typical because of...

“We Are at Teklanika River Campground in Denali”

I hope you’re living your best retirement life like my long-time clients who write: Hi E.J., We are at Teklanika River Campground in Denali National Park. NO...

Work to Retirement #11: Whatcha Gonna Do?

Originally posted May 29, 2025. OK, so you’re retired. You made it. Much like getting through school, it may have been touch and go along...

How Was the Trip?

In my conversations with you, I love to hear about how you’re livin’. In a recent email exchange, you wrote, “I hope your summer...

Letchworth: Are You Living Your Best Retirement Life?

Your Survival Guy loves it when you email me from the road, living your best retirement life. Take, for example, last week when you...

Graduating from Work to Retirement #10: “Someday I Will”

When you graduate from school into the real world, it can be jolting. Suddenly, you’re going from cookouts on the quad to a 9-5...

“Order Up!, We Got Another Trip, Let’s Go”

In my conversations with you, you tell me all about your life: Your next trips, recent visits with family to Disney, new cars to...

“To My Surprise He Emailed This to Me Yesterday”

  To my surprise, a long-time client emailed this to me yesterday. But before I show you the email, here’s the backstory: Your Survival Guy...

How You Livin’? My Golf Injury and Fishing

OK, YSG is on the shelf. No more golf for me. In August, I pulled some muscles between my ribs that I didn’t know...

Do You Look Marvelous? See My Friend Marc

Your Survival Guy visited my friend Marc Streisand this week, owner/proprietor of Marc Allen Fine Clothiers, Custom Suits, and Imported Sportswear, to pick up...