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IRMAA is taken care of! I'm thrilled.
May 03 2024
I retired at the end of August, after all bonuses and retention incentives had paid out. Because it had been a good year, I knew I was likely to get a hit with IRMAA, both with Medicare B and D. Becau...
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What's your fav thing about being retired? Mine is sleeping late every morning.
May 02 2024
Followed by being able to spend my time doing whatever I want ? submitted by /u/StrawberryJuicyJam[visit reddit] [comments]...
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Have you found real remote work?
May 02 2024
I get tons of ads for remote work but many are just influencers trying to make a buck. I’m a retired teacher, so I could tutor and am also interested in doing research. Does anyone do part time ...
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Daytime errands are so much easier
May 01 2024
So, two weeks ago retired after working for 50 years in the building and construction industry. I’ve basically been just decompressing since then, even though I still can’t sleep in. I sti...
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Why are we afraid of retirement?
May 01 2024
I retired last year at 60. My wife plans on retiring next April at 60 as well. We’ve done ok in life relatively speaking. We will be able to buy a retirement home and live near our kids fairly c...
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Retired people, what's on the docket for today?
Apr 30 2024
Let's share slice of life for this particular day. What do you have going on? What do you plan to do? If the answer is "nothing", then what does nothing look like for you? If you happen to be really b...
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Retired and finding it very difficult to allow myself to spend money
Apr 29 2024
Retirement is great but not exactly what I had envisioned. I'm not complaining! I pay all my monthly bills with automatic withdrawals from my brokerage account. I have more than enough money for every...
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Five Ways to Make Retirement a Little Less Scary
Apr 28 2024
To avoid lying awake at night once you’re retired, consider having these strategies in place before you take the plunge....
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Plan Ahead To Prevent The Retired Widow’s Money Crunch
Apr 26 2024
It’s inevitable that one spouse or partner will live alone at some point in their life; plan ahead to make sure the survivor will be OK financially....
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What's another word or phrase to use instead of "retirement"?
Apr 24 2024
I'm 62, and will be "retired" fully within the year (10 more months). My hubby is 53 and will likely retire in a couple years. What bothers both of us is that we feel the word 'retirement' has such a ...
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Pets in retirement can be expensive
Apr 23 2024
Pets can be expensive in retirement, not retired yet, 8 more months. We have have 4 pets 2 dogs and two cats. One cat is diabetic so we have the insulin cost every 3 months. We have pet insurance on b...
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Housework after retirement? Is it really retirement for both of you?
Apr 18 2024
In the last year I left my full time job and began working part time 20 hours/week. I consider myself semi- retired. But since my spouse is still working full time, I've taken on almost all the househ...
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Just retired but extraordinary levels of stress and anxiety…
Apr 17 2024
I just ended a very high stress job as a clinical supervisor in a rather wild and dysfunctional community mental health setting. After 17 years working in the front lines of trauma, 15 years in educat...
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WSJ: All My Friends Are Retired. Why Am I Still Working?
Apr 15 2024
Interesting column in the Wall Street Journal; curious how it strikes people here (both those who have yet to retire, and those who are already retired). I am very much in the group that the author de...
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Are there groups like SCORE folur non-executives?
Apr 11 2024
Service Corp of Retired Executives is a volunteer group where former execs can give back- typically to start ups or non profits. Are there any groups with a similar mission where non executives can co...
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I wake up each morning and remember that I’m retired. Then I smile.
Apr 09 2024
I have been retired for 2 years and have loved every minute of it. Run each morning (weather permitting), then hit gym, go play pickleball. Then it’s household chores or just hanging out on the ...
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Did not expect the days to fly by so fast
Apr 09 2024
I (66m) retired officially March 1. I had been on family leave since December to care for my dying son at a hospice. I basically lived there. He was a firefighter who fell in line of duty. To experien...
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How do you use LinkedIn in Retirement?
Apr 08 2024
After years as an industry leader, I am trying to figure out if/how to use Linkedin now that I am retired. Do I just lurk and see what my former colleagues, friends, former employers, and former compe...
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What is your sleeping pattern now that you are retired? Are you getting 8 hours?
Apr 07 2024
My last work day was last Friday but I have been on garden leave for 4 weeks before that so it’s been a month of not working already. I am finally fully retired. Woo hoo! The first thing that I ...
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Started to trade as soon as I retired…
Apr 01 2024
Hello fellow retirees! I retired just recently and now have lots of time available to do what I like. I have always loved trading. Whenever had time, I would always do great. Whenever I didn’t h...
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Recalculate delay retirement
Apr 01 2024
I retired in May of 2022 at 69+2 two month which should have given me 25.3 delayed credits birthday being 3/23/53 however I only received 22.7 credits witch put my credits back to January 2022 I was t...
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Estimating Yearly Total Medical Costs
Mar 31 2024
For those that keep track/spreadsheet expenses, are you able to share your total all-in medical/healthcare cost for a year? I'll be retiring end of this year. Husband already is retired but on my comp...
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If retired, do you find it hard to spend even though you have the money?
Mar 23 2024
What kind of logical and/or illogical reasons stop you from spending in retirement and drawing down your nest egg? submitted by /u/victorlazlow1[visit reddit] [comments]...
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A Provider’s Clock For Men Is Like A Biological Clock For Women
Mar 20 2024
Lately, I've been pondering why I have less admiration for men who claim to be retired but have a working spouse. Is it fueled by envy? It's possible, considering I wouldn't mind if my wife were the b...
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What do you do all day now that you are retired ?
Mar 20 2024
I am retiring soon just coming up to sixty. I am a little concerned that when I retire, I will not have things to do. I know I have lots of tasks to do round the house and garden, but I mean social ac...
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Moving from New York to California
Mar 20 2024
I'm retired living on Long Island, New York. My son lives in California and I'd like to be near him. Is it best to have my furniture sent via moving company and drive there with my daughter or (as my ...
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Is there any value to having an HSA account while retired?
Mar 18 2024
I’m 67, and I have an active HSA account from my former employer, though there is zero balance in it because we spent it down last year and of course there are no more employer contributions. No...
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What is your singular favorite thing about being retired?
Mar 13 2024
If you had to pick one, just one favorite thing about being retired what would it be? Spending time with grandchildren? Not having a boss to answer to? Sleeping in? The pure overall freedom? Feeling a...
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?? Find Out if the Rust Belt Is Right for Your Retirement (AARP Article)
Mar 13 2024
ANYONE MOVED BACK TO THEIR "HOMETOWN" TO RETIRE OR LEFT FLORIDA OR WANT TO MOVE TO FLORIDA? ? WELL, I AM LIVING IN "BOTH" FLORIDA AND VIRGINIA WHILE I "VERY SLOWLY" MOVE BACK TO FLORIDA. RETIRED! ? FR...
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Share a memory of your travel … whether you retired or not
Mar 11 2024
Let’s change the subject a bit. Whether you have retired or not, do you have one favorite photo that brings back a great the memory of the place you have been? My wife and I love to travel and v...
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Surprise Retirement-Trying to Make the Best of It
Mar 08 2024
A few weeks ago my husband (60) received an early morning phone call from his manager and the HR representative, letting him know that he is retired effective immediately. He had planned to work anoth...
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Over Half of Americans Think There’s a Retirement Crisis
Mar 06 2024
There is a looming retirement crisis. It’s not a possibility. It’s about to be a reality for many Americans. According to a survey by Clever, “Two-thirds of retired Americans say the...
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Who was the first person you told once you made the final decision to retire?
Mar 06 2024
Aside from your spouse or partner, if applicable, who is the first person you told once you made the final decision to retire? Why that person? I have friends who have retired and my guess is that I w...
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Has anyone set up a Pet Trust or Similar
Mar 05 2024
I'm single, retired and all my friends have relocated to warmer climes. Luckily, I have 3 cats to keep me company, and I'd like to make sure they don't end up in shelters if (god forbid) something hap...
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Just completed my first week of retirement - I want to keep my brain healthy!
Feb 28 2024
I am enjoying being retired so far. Haven't really done much except for a little more reading. My question is what have you retired folks done to ensure your brain stays healthy? My husband is 70 and ...
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Been there, done that. What else is there?
Feb 28 2024
We're 10 years retired, in adequate health but not up to hikes, and tired of the culture. The things that have sustained us such as live music pale as we no longer want to go out at night. TV sucks, e...
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I'm a 69y female recently retired with minimal income.
Feb 24 2024
Hi all. I'm realizing that I cannot do all the things I want to do in retirement. I was so stressed in my previous job that I felt I had to retire. Now that I'm feeling healthier, is it wise to return...
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Decision to pull the plug to retire
Feb 22 2024
I am curious to learn from those who retired. I am almost there or even there from a financial perspective. But I am finding myself delaying citing the following reasons I don't hate my job- it is tol...
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USA-EU retired dual national or USA retired to EU
Feb 22 2024
Have any of you retired to the EU in your retirement? Are you splitting your time between the USA and the EU or are you retired to the EU 100% of the time? How is that going for you overall? Was it wh...
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What’s your asset allocation in retirement?
Feb 20 2024
I read recently several investors claiming their portfolio returns are north of 15% and I’m wondering how they’re accomplishing that. I’m guessing they’re not retired yet so th...
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Did your energy level go up when you retired?
Feb 16 2024
I am a little over three years away from retirement. I feel like I don't have much energy left after a day of work. My job is not physically demanding, but it is stressful. I feel like it is too close...
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A Happy, Healthy, and Fulfilling Retirement
Feb 15 2024
When I retired I began reading academic publications that were relevant to "retirement." I created a free resource... Designing Your Retirement is a free instructional manual to help retirees have hap...
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Retirement homes really small or really big
Feb 13 2024
I’m wondering how many people now retired have elected to live in a “tiny home”, where tiny home is defined as 400 sq ft (37 sq m) or less. How are you enjoying it? Any thoughts abou...
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Transition - how many weeks? The Gift of the Magi
Feb 07 2024
Life of the Newly Retired – I may be turning into fodder for the Progressive commercial about your parents. I was “retired” by virtue of a RIF at the beginning of this year, so while...
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Retired Again: An Update from the Founder of Physician on FIRE
Feb 05 2024
In 2019, I retired from the practice of medicine, giving up my day and night job as an anesthesiologist for ... Read more...
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Retirement Transition: What made it easier or provided purpose?
Feb 05 2024
Maybe those are two different things - I'm not sure. However, we have discussed the transition into retirement and how it's often not as easy, joyful, or smooth as people dream about. I retired as of ...
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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Retirement
Feb 05 2024
We’ve heard this hundreds of time... 'I wish someone had warned me about this when I retired.' More often than not, they're referring to one of five key challenges that catch many retirees by su...
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2nd and 3rd interview. Do I really want to ditch retirement?
Feb 02 2024
I have interviews today and Monday with one of the Big4 accounting firms today. I retired from the IRS 3 months ago. I retired because I felt marginalized. I am not sure if they found me on LinkedIn o...
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Good News! Retired living really is cheaper.
Jan 30 2024
For those who are anxious about whether they'll have enough money, the good news is that the cost of living generally falls when you retire, for a lot of reasons. Here's a list of things that pertain ...
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Selling/Moving Dilemma Advice/Experience?
Jan 30 2024
I will be retiring December of this year. Husband retired a few years ago. We are not yet collecting SS since I'm working full time and there's no need to yet. We have a home that we will be selling a...
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