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July 17, 2008

What people ACTUALLY do in retirement (as opposed to what they say they INTEND to do)

Bungee_jumping On my travels around the World Wide Web, I came across some research carried out by engage Mutual Assurance in which 2,200 British people were asked about their expectations and experiences of retirement. The results show stark contrasts between people's plans for their retirement and the actual realities of retirement.  You can read the full article here but the thing that particularly caught my eye was the table which compares the retirement aspirations of workers with the actual experiences of retired workers... food for thought?