{"id":771,"date":"2016-06-08T14:52:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T18:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torrid-tech.com\/community\/?p=771"},"modified":"2019-02-13T08:08:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T13:08:57","slug":"surprising-1-silent-killer-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torrid-tech.com\/community\/index.php\/surprising-1-silent-killer-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising #1 Silent Killer in Retirement Is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people are concerned about retirement finances, but that&#8217;s not the ONLY thing to worry about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Brian Stoffel of The Motley Fool posted a fascinating article recently about what exactly the #1 silent killer in retirement really is. I was stunned! He said that the greatest silent killer is &#8212; Loneliness!<\/p>\n<p>He states:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Before rolling your eyes, hear me out. In 2013,\u00a0Merrill Lynch\u00a0and Age Wave (MLAW) conducted a study asking<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong> pre-retirees<\/strong><\/em><\/span> what they would &#8220;miss most about work when they retire.&#8221; Here&#8217;s what they had to say:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Reliable income: 38%<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Social connections: 17%<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Employer health insurance: 16%<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Having purpose and work goals: 16%<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Mental stimulation: 12%\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Source: Merrill Lynch\/Age Wave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So, by an enormous margin, &#8220;a reliable income&#8221; was the most popular answer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Then MLAW followed up by asking a group of<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>currently retired\u00a0<\/em>folks<\/span><\/strong> what they missed the most about work. While &#8216;&#8221;reliable income&#8221; was still relevant, the responses were starkly different:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Social connections: 34%<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Reliable income: 29%<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Having purpose and work goals: 19%<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mental stimulation: 12%<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Employer health insurance: 7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There was much more interesting information contained in his article PLUS <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>what it means to your finances<\/strong><\/em><\/span> and how to avoid it. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/personalfinance\/2016\/06\/01\/silent-killer-among-american-retirees-and-how-avoid\/85240230\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people are concerned about retirement finances, but that&#8217;s not the ONLY thing to worry about&#8230; Brian Stoffel of The Motley Fool posted a fascinating article recently about what exactly the #1 silent killer in retirement really is. I was stunned! He said that the greatest silent killer is &#8212; Loneliness! 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