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Limited Early Bird Tickets Available: Grab yours while you can. What Happens Next Book Launch 28th May 2026 Venue: Central London Time: 6:30pm Don't retire. Redefine your life. Join us for the "What Happens Next" book launch to design a life of purpose and connection. At the event we'll be sharing: The N.E.X.T. Framework: How to Navigate, Evaluate, eXecute, and Track your transition. | Beyond the Bank Balance: The 5 pillars of a well-lived life: Financial, Physical, Social, Intellectual, and Community Wellbeing. | Wellbeing Stacking: How to combine activities to boost health, connection, and purpose simultaneously. | Rapid Low-Cost Experiments: How to "prototype" your new life with small tests before committing. Plus much more to help you design your next chapter. Limited Early Bird Tickets Available: Grab yours while you can. What Happens Next Book Launch 28th May 2026 Venue: Central London Time: 6:30pm Don't retire. Redefine your life. Join us for the "What Happens Next" book launch to design a life of purpose and connection. At the event we'll be sharing: The N.E.X.T. Framework: How to Navigate, Evaluate, eXecute, and Track your transition. | Beyond the Bank Balance: The 5 pillars of a well-lived life: Financial, Physical, Social, Intellectual, and Community Wellbeing. | Wellbeing Stacking: How to combine activities to boost health, connection, and purpose simultaneously. | Rapid Low-Cost Experiments: How to "prototype" your new life with small tests before committing. Plus much more to help you design your next chapter.
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Is The Conventional Retirement Model Actually Hurting Your Financial Freedom

Are you following the old “learn, earn, retire” script?

It might be time to break free. In this powerful episode of What Happens Next, financial planner and host Chris Daems challenges the outdated conventional retirement model and asks a critical question: Is it actually limiting your freedom, purpose, and well-being?

Chris outlines 5 compelling reasons why the old way of doing retirement no longer works for most of us and how you can rethink the next chapter of your life to create something more fulfilling, flexible, and uniquely yours.

🔥 You’ll learn: • Why longer life expectancy demands a new mindset • How continued work can support mental and social health • Why “retire and stop” is a broken model • How your contribution still matters post-career • Why rapid change calls for a personal, adaptable approach Through real-life stories (including one about his Uncle Jimmy), Chris shares how we can all redefine success and reclaim purpose in later life.

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Pause

Before you change anything,
you stop.

You notice where you are, not where you think you should be. You acknowledge what has ended, what is changing, and what no longer fits. This phase is about giving yourself permission to pause without guilt.

Reflect

With space comes
perspective.

Reconnect with purpose, not as a grand statement, but as a sense of direction.

Your Values
Your Energy
Your Joy
Experiment

You do not need
a perfect plan.

This phase is about learning by doing. Experiments remove pressure and replace it with curiosity.

New Routines
New Contributions
New Energy
Small Low-Risk Tests
Design

Shape your next chapter
with intention.

Design is not about control. It is about direction. This is where your next chapter becomes something you are actively creating.

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The What Happens Next Book Launch

Don't retire. Redefine your life.

Date

May 28, 2026

Time

6:30 PM

Venue

Central London

Signed Book Workshop Drinks & Canapés
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