How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: 25th Anniversary Updated Edition

"To be sure, retirement books are a glutted field, but most focus on money and financial planning. They view the finish line as the last day of employment. That's where Zelinski's begins."
— Jonathan Chevreau, Financial Post

THE REMARKABLE RETIREMENT BOOK THAT TEACHES YOU:

• How to matter and make a big difference in your retirement
• The best retirement activities for maintaining your mental and physical health
• How to have more purpose in your retirement than you had in your career
• Why you should be a LEARNER First; become a MASTER Second; and remain a STUDENT Forever
• The most endearing and enduring legacy that you can leave for your family, friends, and the rest of the world — that costs the least money
• How to abolish boredom with The EZ Rule of Life
• How to develop an important element of happiness that the vast majority of billionaires and multi-millionaires will never have
• How to always get what you want in retirement
• Why The Get-a-Life Tree is a powerful tool for creating activities worth pursuing in your retirement
• The most powerful ways to get satisfaction and happiness from spending your money
• Why 3D Vision reduces your chances of having a happy retirement — and why 3C Vision greatly increases your chances of having a happy retirement
• How to avoid loneliness which has been cited as a serious health problem by the US Government Health Department
• Why your needs have always been provided for — and likely will be in retirement

No other retirement book covers the important nonfinancial aspects of retirement as comprehensively and with as much humor as How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free does. That's why the original edition sold over 475,000 copies.
• Print Sales: 424,801
• iBook Sales: 3,723
• Kindle Sales: 35,319
• Kobo Sales: 706
• Brilliance Audio Sales: 22,304
TOTAL = 486,853

Results don't lie, in other words. Indeed, in October 2025, Goodreads rated How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free as No 1. out of over 1,450 books in its retirement category.

This book is the perfect gift to give to someone about to retire. In this updated edition, author Ernie J. Zelinski gives important lessons for soon-to-retire and already-retired individuals on how to have a healthy, happy, and prosperous retirement.

In short, the retirement wisdom in this book will prove much more important than how much money you have saved. How to Retire Happy Wild, and Free helps readers create an active, satisfying, and happy retirement in a way such that they don't need a million dollars to retire happily and comfortably.

"Get this book if you look forward to a retirement with 'zing!' "
— Nancy Paradis, St. Petersburg Times, Florida