News and analysis for those planning for or living in retirement

When was the last time you had fun? It could be the key to the challenges of growing older: People are bound to change as they get older, but injecting a little fun into the mundane could help with the hurdles. 

When to ‘set it and forget it’ — and when not: Americans shouldn’t check their retirement accounts obsessively, but they shouldn’t ‘forget’ about them either. 

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