Never Retire - The Complete Never Retire Checklist

Part four: Your physical and mental health

Welcome to part four of our series—the Never Retire checklist.

In this series, we detail the key components you’ll probably have to consider if you plan to Never Retire. Of course, you’ll have to consider most of them if you plan to retire traditionally, however you approach each point in decidedly different ways when you know you’ll be working into relative old age.

• The state of your investments (part one)

• The state of your cash (part two)

• Where you live and how much it costs you (part three)

• Your physical and mental health (which is tied directly to the previous three points, particularly the third one) (part four—this installment)

• The state of the work you do (part five)

• Tying all five bullet points together (part six)

Your physical and mental health

Whether you’ve set yourself on the path to traditional retirement or opted for some form of semi-retirement across the lifespan that includes working in retirement, you assume risk.