James Schweinsburg

The author is a retired executive who was born and raised in the Buffalo NY area and received his engineering degree from the University of Buffalo. He lives with his wife Cecilia in Florida, having moved there from Michigan after retiring from a long career in manufacturing. They recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and have a daughter and granddaughter residing in Michigan.

In 2006 the author and his wife began thinking about the kind of retirement lifestyle they would like to have and began creating a plan that would allow them to retire at the end of 2010. Having solved many difficult problems during his career, the author began to research the many issues facing prospective retirees in building a comprehensive retirement plan that included an income, spending, and investing plan. He quickly discovered this was no easy task.

The great recession of 2008 caused the author and his wife to alter their retirement plans. Fast forward to Today, he was encouraged by his wife and friends to share what he has learned from a different perspective than most author’s books on retirement.

He is someone who’s learned many valuable lessons in preparing for, and living in retirement. Someone who has done the research and knows how to simplify this complex subject.