Author Archives: Doug Nordman

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About Doug Nordman

Author of "The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement" and co-author of "Raising Your Money-Savvy Family For Next Generation Financial Independence."

Forensic Geriatric Finances

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Doug Nordman

Today’s post revisits the subject of caring for the financial independence of your loved ones. There’s nothing here about military retirement, but I’m very glad that our aggressive savings and low-cost lifestyle have enabled us to retire from military service … Continue reading →

Posted in Military Life & Family | 2 Comments

Book review: “All The Money In The World”

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Doug Nordman

    Are you tired of grubbing for money? The financial media is gloomier than ever about the prospects of saving enough for retirement. Every day we’re admonished that we’re not saving enough, that we’ll need millions of dollars, that … Continue reading →

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Lifestyles in early retirement: Hawaii long-term travel

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Doug Nordman

    Last week’s post on long-term retirement travel talked about different air & lodging resources for seeing the world. I’ve also added several military websites to the sidebar “Travel links” section. Like blogger Jan suggested a couple of weeks ago, … Continue reading →

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Lifestyles in early retirement: long-term travel

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Doug Nordman

    Veteran blogger Janette from “Ground Level in Kansas” offered her feedback on the “WordAds” post about types of ads that readers want from this site: I come here not only for me (spouse of retired Army), but for … Continue reading →

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Lifestyles in Early Retirement: Habits and getting things done

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Doug Nordman

Charles Duhigg’s new book, “The Power of Habit”, already has 120 people on the waiting list at the Hawaii State Library system. (That means it’s popular!) As part of his book marketing, last week he put up a guest post … Continue reading →

Posted in Military Retirement | 5 Comments