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Trevor Johnson | Financial Planner
Helping people within 5 years of retirement:
- Decide when they can afford to retire
- Determine how much they can safely spend each year
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09/01/2026

After working with many people preparing for retirement, I noticed a pattern.

Many had done an incredible job saving. They had investment accounts, retirement plans, pensions, and Social Security benefits waiting for them.

They still had one question:

"Am I actually ready?"

That's why I created my 6 Week 1:1 Ready to Retire Program.

My goal is to help people connect all of the pieces so they can stop wondering if they are ready and start looking forward to retirement.

If retirement is within the next few years, there are some decisions ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ.Social Securit...
08/21/2026

If retirement is within the next few years, there are some decisions ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ.

Social Security
Taxes
Healthcare
Investment risk
Turning your savings into income

On ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 26, I'll be at the ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ talking about some of the most common ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ I see and, more importantly, ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข.

We'll keep it practical and easy to understand, with plenty of information you can actually use as you prepare for retirement.

๐Ÿ“ Lake Geneva Public Library
๐Ÿ“… August 26
โฐ 6:30โ€“7:30 PM

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ˆ'๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž.

โœจ Feel free to share this with someone who's getting close to retirement, too!

One thing nobody really tells you about retirement is ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.When you're working ...
08/20/2026

One thing nobody really tells you about retirement is ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.

When you're working full time, life moves fast.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ.
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ณ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ.

Then retirement arrives, and suddenly a Tuesday morning feels completely different.

No alarm clock. No commute. No inbox waiting for you before you've even finished your coffee.

Just... time.

That's why I always tell people:

๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐Ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .

Maybe that's traveling more.

Spending time with your grandkids.

Volunteering.

Finally learning guitar instead of just buying guitars.

Whatever it is, retirement shouldn't feel like the end of something. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Yes, the financial side matters, but ultimately, your retirement plan isn't just about accumulating money.

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ.

So here's a question worth thinking about:

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ข?

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ...Could you confidently answer these?1. How much can I safely sp...
08/03/2026

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ...

Could you confidently answer these?

1. How much can I safely spend every year?

2. What's my tax strategy once I stop working?

3. When should I claim Social Security?

4. How will a market downturn affect my income?

5. Do I actually have enough?

If any of those questions make you pause, you're not alone.

These are ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ.

My goal is to help you retire with confidence!

07/22/2026

Money isnโ€™t usually what keeps people working.

Uncertainty does.

Thatโ€™s why retirement planning isnโ€™t just about your investments.

Itโ€™s about giving yourself permission to enjoy the years youโ€™ve spent decades preparing for.

DM me to turn your uncertain retirement into an actual plan!

Dream Weaver Financial Planning

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?This isn't for everyone.It's designed for people who have spent years sa...
07/14/2026

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?

This isn't for everyone.

It's designed for people who have spent years saving and investing and now want answers before retirement begins.

It's a great fit if you:

โœ” Are five years or less from retirement

โœ” Have accumulated meaningful retirement savings

โœ” Want to know if you're actually ready

โœ” Want to minimize taxes

โœ” Want to make smart Social Security decisions

โœ” Want a written retirement roadmap instead of guesswork

If this sounds like where you are in life, send me a DM with the word RETIRE. I'll share more about the program and help you decide if it's the right fit for you.

07/07/2026

Most people spend years building wealth, but many make one Social Security decision that can affect the rest of their retirement.

The right answer isnโ€™t the same for everyone. It depends on your income needs, taxes, investments, health, and long-term goals.

Thatโ€™s why retirement planning is so much more than choosing when to claim benefits.

If youโ€™re within five years of retirement, this is the time to start putting all the pieces together.

Dream Weaver Financial Planning
Chicago,IL

What an absolutely incredible weekend! ๐Ÿ‹Because of this incredible community, ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ข'๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐š๐๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ $11,000 ...
06/29/2026

What an absolutely incredible weekend! ๐Ÿ‹

Because of this incredible community, ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ข'๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐š๐๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ $11,000 ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก!!!

Thank you to every single person who stopped by for a cup of lemonade, shared a kind word, sent a message, donated, or simply kept Levi and our family in your thoughts.

Your generosity and encouragement mean more than we could ever put into words โค๏ธ

Watching so many people come together for kids fighting childhood cancer has been incredibly humbling. We are beyond grateful for each and every one of you!

From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for helping us make a difference! ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ‹

A special thank you to Harper G. Mercantile, McDonalds in Richmond, Jewel in Spring Grove, Paint N Brush Signs, Pretty Local, Meijer in McHenry, Scot Forge, Brat Haus, and Bows by Lo for everything they contributed to make our stand a success!

06/22/2026

The Biggest Retirement Planning Mistake?

Thinking you can always retire later.

Money matters BUT so does health!

Donโ€™t miss the golden window when you have freedom, energy and the ability to enjoy the life youโ€™ve worked so hard to build.

Wondering if youโ€™re on track for retirement? Send me a DM with the word Retirement and Iโ€™ll send you my free guide: 5 Retirement Mistakes to Avoid .

Dream Weaver Financial Planning

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