Jim Mathis and Louise Mathis. The Fourth Quarter. Mathis, 2018.

The Fourth Quarter is a tract or essay that could provide some background for people thinking of retiring. It is a light and easy read. The title comes from the idea that the last quarter of a person’s life refers to the senior years.

Using some basic examples, The Fourth Quarter presents or suggests questions people need to ask themselves. Do I keep working? Do I make a new career? Do I retire for leisure? Do I retire for service? Do I move or stay where I am? These are good questions the authors ask from observation and experience.

This is not the book if one is looking for specifics, for example, about Social Security, Medicare, annuities, insurance, and similar considerations. While finances play into decisions about the golden years, this is more about the readers’ motivation and challenging the reader to aim for the “life well lived” (quoting Aristotle).

As is often sadly true of self-published works, this does have a few typographical errors, but nothing that would interfere with understanding.