1 Start Your Retirement
8 Steps
- Review your planned retirement date and decide whether it’s still right for you given your current personal circumstances.
- Talk to your partner and family to ensure they’re happy with your retirement plan.
- Review whether you have any work goals you still want to achieve.
- Consider whether you want to retire completely, or continuing working a few days a week.
- Think about whether you want to take any long-service, annual, or even extended unpaid leave you have before you retire permanently.
- Talk about your retirement plans with your employer.
- Update any skills you have that could be useful for earning extra income in retirement if you need it.
- Establish a timeline for your retirement so you can prepare a list of tasks to complete before the big day.