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Today is a day to say \\u201cYes\\u201d to something. I mean it. There are so many opportunities out there, so many experiences to enrich your life. What could happen if you took the time to say \\u201cyes\\u201d to one of those opportunities? You\\u2019ll only know if you do it. I\\u2019m so thankful you\\u2019ve joined me today. We\\u2019re going to cover some listener questions today about caring for a dependent adult child as retirement nears, combining retirement accounts, and taking distributions from retirement accounts when you\\u2019re blessed to retire before the normal retirement age. And of course, we\\u2019re going to talk about the power of saying, \\u201cyes.\\u201d
You may have heard that the nation of Great Britain is considering a move away from the European Union, an economic affiliation of nations that use a shared currency, the Euro. The voters of Britain are set to vote this week as to whether their country will remain in the union. Today I\\u2019m going to cover a small bit of how this is impacting the markets and how I think we should all think about this event. That\\u2019s in my \\u201cWhat Does that Mean\\u201d and \\u201cHot Topic\\u201d segments, so be sure to listen if you\\u2019re concerned about those issues (and even if you\\u2019re not).
This real world question came from a listener to the Retirement Answer Man and I\\u2019m happy to give the answer my best shot. It\\u2019s a matter close to my heart because I once had a relative in the same situation, but it was back in the early to mid part of the previous century when people born with disabilities were often shuffled off to an insane asylum. But that\\u2019s not what happened in my family, I had a valiant grandmother who took on the responsibility of caring for that relative and it changed the lives of everyone in the family. I give my best, most heart-felt suggestions to this listener today and think there are some lessons to be learned for all of us regarding how we care of those we love even when we\\u2019re retired and beyond.
On this episode of The Retirement Answer Man a listener wrote in to ask if he should combine his retirement accounts. He\\u2019s near retirement and doesn\\u2019t believe he\\u2019ll be making any additional contributions to any of the accounts, so he\\u2019s curious if there are advantages or disadvantages to putting all of those funds in one pot. It\\u2019s a great question and I recommend that he does combine them, for a handful of reasons. You can hear what those reasons are and how I got to that conclusion on this episode of the show.
On today\\u2019s episode a listener asks what he can do to make withdrawals from his retirement accounts since he\\u2019s been blessed to retire before the age he can legally make withdrawals from those accounts. That\\u2019s a situation most of us have never even thought about. There are actually some legal ways to make withdrawals from retirement accounts in a situation like that, and I cover them on this episode. But I also throw another consideration into the mix and challenge this listener to evaluate the ways he can continue to add value to society and provide a greater amount of security for his retirement at the same time - all while remaining flexible and \\u201cretired\\u201d in ways that matter. Curious? Take some time to listen to this one.
There are two schools of thought on the issue of saying yes to things. Some people feel that they say yes to far too many things, stressing themselves out and overloading their schedules. Others, out of fear, don\\u2019t say yes to enough things, cloistering themselves away in a self-protective shell. As retirement nears, either one of these could happen and it really depends on your personality and background as to which you might do. On this episode I briefly tell of some of the great experiences I\\u2019ve gotten by saying \\u201cYes\\u201d to things that I might not have normally said yes to. I end up with a challenge you won\\u2019t want to miss, so be sure you listen.
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