What retirement planning research usually measuresThere is a well-developed literature on what its authors call retirement goal clarity. Worth reading closely, though, is what the clarity is clarity about. A Tuesday morning at a specific place doing a specific thing is a fully-formed plan by the standard that has actually been measured. Writing a book is not, until it has a chair, an hour and a day of the week attached to it. The version of retirement planning most people avoid is the one that demands a grand answer to what the rest of a life is for.