10/22/2026
Have you tuned in to our podcast, Beyond the Numbers? A few weeks ago, during our final recording session of the year, RJ Devick had the opportunity to sit down with an inspiring guest whose approach to retirement challenges many common assumptions.
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕? 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆, 𝑹𝑱 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝑳𝑨 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏. 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆.
What does it look like to truly thrive in retirement? In this episode, we sit down with Craig Hansen, former Dean of CLA at Metro State, an accomplished writer, and a musician. He's built a retirement that's rich with creativity, learning, and pur...