1 Start Your Retirement
10 Steps
- Decide whether your current home is still suitable for your retirement lifestyle, or whether you’ll need more or less space.
- Assess your home to see if it needs any major renovations or maintenance.
- Decide whether to undertake any necessary renovations or maintenance while you still have a regular income.
- Check whether your car needs replacing and consider when the best time is to do it.
- Collect information on any retirement travel you have planned.
- Think about how you plan to keep your mind active and engaged in retirement.
- Investigate opportunities for further education such as short and online courses.
- Get a thorough health check to identify any potential health problems.
- Review the insurance provided through your super fund and decide if you will need different cover (or no cover at all) in retirement.
- Review your current health insurance policy to check whether it remains appropriate.