George Kinder identified similar thought exercises as part of his development of life planning. He says to imagine that at the start of retirement, a doctor informs you that you have five years left to live. The nebulous potential of living 30 to 40 years in retirement is shortened in a concrete way. What would this news do to your focus in retirement? What would you want to do, to accomplish, to see, to say, and to be during these final years?
