Weekly Roundup

Goal Planning App

Sometimes, the hardest part of planning your retirement is figuring out what YOU want to do. It is a whole new chapter in your life and setting goals for yourself can be a major help and also a major pain in neck. Retirement Goal Planning System is an app (available only on iPad) that takes you through a simple but effective process to help you determine what is most important to you!

http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2015/05/22/a-web-tool-to-refine-your-retirement-priorities/

A New Look at Retirement Planning

Retirement planning for previous generations usually was strictly planning out your finances. However, in this day and age people are starting to plan much more than just their finances, they’re planning out their lives. Finding something you love doing that could provide a little (or even a lot!) income during or while approaching your retirement years could reward you in many ways. Don’t just make a plan for your retirement, make a plan for your life.

http://investorplace.com/2015/05/love-different-approach-retirement-planning/#.VWiJQs9Viko

Benefits Remain for Federal Workers

Democratic committee members voted down a proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor that would result in a significant loss of benefits for injured federal workers. The plan would have cut roughly 500 million dollars from injured workers and their families. This is the third time in five years that the DOL has proposed such a plan.

http://ehstoday.com/health/democrats-reject-proposal-cut-benefits-injured-federal-workers