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Fancy one or more mini-retirements? Start planning early for a multi-phase life

A recent survey by HSBC finds that most Singaporeans plan for two to three mini-retirements over their lifetime

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Genevieve Cua

Genevieve Cua

Published Wed, Dec 24, 2025 · 06:00 AM
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    • Finances are important, but are not everything. Non-financial and intangible assets arguably go a longer way towards enabling a more fulfilling life, than financial assets alone.
    • Finances are important, but are not everything. Non-financial and intangible assets arguably go a longer way towards enabling a more fulfilling life, than financial assets alone. PHOTO: PIXABAY

    [SINGAPORE] We’re likely to live longer lives than our parents or grandparents. Yet embracing longevity can be challenging.

    How do you live out a long life meaningfully? Do you need to be wealthy to do so?

    A book, The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity, gives us a road map. I’ve written about this book, published in 2016 by academics Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott, a few years ago.

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