MSN Money: "Reinventing retirement"

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I don't read every post and I didn't find anything from a keyword search, so let me know if someone has already discussed on this series. Seems odd that it's been running for over a month and this is our first post on the subject.

It started at the end of April with an article on "The New Fantasy Retirement":
The new fantasy retirement - Series Home

That first article is actually titled "Retirement: The New Dirty Word" and has Ken Dychtwald's typical polemic in favor of working until you die:
The new fantasy retirement - MSN Money

An interesting sidebar was the commentary from artist Fred Mandell-- ESRBob, have you heard of him?

The second article came out at the beginning of May:
Get your dream job ... at 55 - MSN Money

This time Dychtwald is accompanied by Jeri Sedlar of "Don't Retire, Rewire" fame.

A few days later, the third article is a bit more supportive of the ER lifestyle:
7 common retirement traps to avoid - MSN Money

But apparently we're unable to accomplish the transition without seeking professional help:

Quote:

"About half of today's retirees are really quite miserable in their post-retirement lives," psychologist and researcher Ken Dychtwald has concluded, based on 50,000-plus interviews he has done for his books on aging. Those retirees end up unhappy because they are unable to adapt to the new retirement model, says Jim McCarthy, a managing director at Morgan Stanley.

After a couple weeks, the fourth article focused more on how people are actually enjoying their ER instead of seeking employment or wisdom:
4 retirees who are living big dreams

The fifth & sixth parts aren't out yet, but appear to be titled "Saving the world" and "Best places". I suspect they'll be more entertaining than helpful.

You may have inferred by now that I'm not a big fan of these types of "keep busy" and "you can't ER without paying for expert advice" articles, but there are bright spots among Dychtwald and all the other helpful advisors.

Has anyone else on the board contributed to these articles, or does anyone know any of the people profiled here? It's probably too late to change the mindsets of Dychtwald & Sedlar, but it would seem that the series authors have a lot to learn from this board's collective wisdom...