Have you ever seen the movie “The Princess Bride”?  One of the main characters, an expert swordsman named Inigo Montoya, has spent his life trying to avenge his father’s death.  But when he finally does so at the end of the film, he realizes that he’s not sure where to go next.  Then he drops a great line:

“It’s very strange.  I have been in the revenge business [for] so long, now that it’s over, I don’t know what to do with the rest of my life.”   

In other words, after finally getting what he always wanted, what he had always worked for, he thought: Now what? 

As an Investment Advisor, I’ve seen many investors ask this same question upon reaching retirement.  They have been in the “saving for retirement” business for so long that, now that it’s over, they’re not sure what to do next. That’s why, over the last few issues of The Road to Retirement, we’ve been exploring the question of “Now what?”  This month let’s look at some of the decisions and activities we should focus on immediately after retirement.