the retireista project: goodbye retirement hello dream job

Redefining the meaning of retirement, The Retireista Project is a concise and easy to understand practical guide to help make life work when your conventional working life ends.On approaching what many consider the typical age of ’retirement’, its author, Tony Colston, found that he began to feel that society was putting him out to pasture - while his view was that the years ahead had the potential to blossom into the best years of his life. A re-alignment was needed. A new phase of Tony’s life was opening up that could not be adequately described by the word ’retirement’. So he invented a new one - Retireista - and set about convincing his peers that it was about time that retirement got a make-over.The Retireista Project catalogues Tony’s journey, recounting some of the most valuable lessons he’s learned along the way and providing what is essentially a toolkit for a successful and satisfying later life. His thinking kicks the conventional view of ’retirement’ into touch, offering a fresh, new perspective that repositions it as the dream job we all wish we’d made a play for years ago.Brimming with inspirational anecdotes, case studies and advice, The Retireista Project is divided into sections that address a whole gamut of both practical and lifestyle issues, including finance, family and friends, health, travel, home and the benefits of being active in an upbeat, friendly style.Play your cards right and you’ll soon be bidding goodbye to the spectre of retirement and welcoming in the best years of your life.....as a Retireista.