This is the eBook version of the printed book.

This Element is an excerpt from Save Your Retirement: What to Do If You Haven’t Saved Enough or If Your Investments Were Devastated by the Market Meltdown (9780137029006) by Frank Armstrong III and Paul B. Brown. Available in print and digital formats.

Imagine your retirement: how to figure out what you want to do with the next stage of your life.

Some people have known from the minute they started work what their retirement would look like. They can detail the cottage they will buy on the Maine coast, and how they’ll spend their days. The rest of us can use a little help picturing the next phase in our lives. One way to start is by answering the following questions....