Design Your Dream Retirement: How to Envision, Plan For, and Enjoy the Best Retirement Possible (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780997001709)

Dave Hughes is a leading authority on retirement lifestyle planning. He writes about the non-financial aspects of a happy, healthy, and fulfilling retirement on his website, RetireFabulously.com. Following a successful 34-year career as a software engineer, trainer and course developer, and manager, Dave accepted an early retirement package and retired at age 56. During the final phase of his working career, Dave started searching the internet for information about what life in retirement is really like. He discovered that the vast majority of all the retirement-related information available was focused on the financial aspect of retirement. Relatively little was being written about how to live your life during retirement, and of that, practically nothing was being written from an LGBT perspective. Dave created RetireFabulously.com to fill that void. He has extensively researched retirement lifestyle issues, as well as drawing upon his own experiences of transitioning into retirement and those of others. Dave is an accomplished public speaker and workshop leader. He has been active in Toastmasters International for over eight years and has earned Distinguished Toastmaster, that organization's highest honor. Dave offers a fun and engaging workshop, also called "Retire Fabulously!," that brings to life many of the key messages that he presents on his website and in this book. In addition to writing articles for RetireFabulously.com and books about retirement lifestyle planning, Dave is a wedding officiant and a jazz trombonist. Dave lives in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona with his husband Jeff and two dogs, Missy and Maynard. Dave is available for interviews, speaking engagements, workshops, panel discussions, and writing guest articles. You may contact Dave at DYDR-book@retirefabulously.com. Please visit these websites to learn more: RetireFabulously.com TheDaveHughes.com