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Building community in retirement
Mar 28 2025
So I'm coming up on a year retired as of June 1. The biggest challenge seems to be in finding people to be around. Part of the problem, I know, is that I'm by nature an introvert. I'm not a group-join...
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A thank you & quick Introduction
Mar 20 2025
Good evening everyone! Thanks for allowing me to join. I’m now 67 and I retired in 2021 after stints in the U.S. Army and at the VA. My original plan was to retire at 62. But, as fortune would h...
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Experience with Tricare For Life?
Mar 18 2025
My husband is retired from the military and we became eligible for Tricare when he turned 60. I’m planning to retire the end of October at age 64. What have your experiences been with Tricare co...
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Capitalize and Public to Offer 401(k) Rollover Solution
Mar 15 2025
Predictions from The Senior Citizens League and retired analyst Mary Johnson align after…...
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7 Lessons From Those Who Retired by FIRE
Mar 12 2025
If you're dreaming of retiring early, here's what you can learn from others who've successfully accomplished that goal....
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17 Things Your Grandparents Could Afford That Millennials Can’t Anymore
Mar 07 2025
Life used to be a lot more affordable. Our grandparents bought homes, raised families, and retired without drowning in debt. Millennials? They’re stuck with sky-high rent, student loans, and a c...
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Notifying professional contacts of retirement
Mar 06 2025
I am being "early retired" by my employer due to budgetary pressures; I'm one of many aged 60 and over offered a package to retire. I am going to be 61 in a few months. I am not sure that I want to st...
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One month into retirement update
Mar 02 2025
I retired about a month ago and last posted an update after the first few days HERE. Now that it's been 30 days, a few more notes and a couple of questions for you: 1) Still have not had a work dream ...
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REPLAY | 5 Things Nobody Tells You About Retirement
Feb 25 2025
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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Social media in retirement and addressing that
Feb 23 2025
I have a friend who complains that he spends way too much time doomscrolling on multiple SM channels now that he’s retired, and he doesn’t really know how it got that way so fast with him,...
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3 Levels of Retirement Readiness: Where Do You Stand?
Feb 22 2025
Retirement is a difficult transition. Retirement Readiness is the key to making it easier. As I was preparing for retirement, I talked with some of my co-workers who retired before […] The post...
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I recommend ubering, in retirement
Feb 21 2025
Assuming you have retired and figured living expenses already, consider ubering people around. If you do it in the day time, it shows you the life you may now be missing - as folk chat about whatever....
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Any MDs who happily retired before the age of 65?
Feb 19 2025
Hello, I am 61 and still working full time after more than thirty in medicine. Just last week, I decided to reduce my hours, but nobody noticed because I went from 13 to 8 calls a month. I also decide...
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Why not make big decisions after retirement?
Feb 18 2025
I've been considering moving closer to family. I've wanted to move for years but was stuck by my job. I had seniority and great pay.. Quitting and moving would have been wrong. Now I'm retired, but wh...
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How conservative is too conservative?
Feb 16 2025
Hiya, first post in this sub, but I've been in the personalfinance sub for years. This is an honest question, so please don't knee jerk assume I'm some kind of doom and gloomer. I'm recently retired, ...
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Thinking ahead (hopefully long ahead)
Feb 16 2025
I'm recently retired (June 1 last year), and so far, things are going well. Something that recently came to mind, regarding retirement funds, that is a new concern. Because of the way things rolled ou...
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I Retired Young: Here’s Why I Love Investing In Real Estate (Even In Today’s Market)
Feb 14 2025
Some people work for decades, hoping to retire someday. I wasn’t interested in someday. I bought my first rental house at 20, picked up more over the next few years, and let real estate do the h...
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Actuarial Financial Planner FAQs
Feb 09 2025
The Actuarial Financial Planner (AFP) workbooks (for single retirees and retired couples) are robust actuarial models integral to each of the three “M” steps outlined below in our recommen...
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Ready to retire this year. Should I buy or rent?
Feb 07 2025
I'm 65, not retired. I've been renting ever since my divorce 12 years ago but now think I should buy since rents are going crazy and at least I could have some equity someday. I've got about $110K in ...
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Finding serenity in retirement, tips and tricks
Feb 05 2025
Sure, now that you’re retired, there are some major sources of stress now gone. No more awful colleagues or bosses, no deadlines or quotas, no performance reviews, no fluorescent lights. But thi...
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Market Volatility Tempting You to Get Out? Read This First
Feb 05 2025
If you're retired, or soon will be, riding out a roller-coaster market can be nerve-racking. Try to hold steady and focus on balancing your investments....
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Retirement Life After Public Service – Dream or Nightmare!?!
Feb 05 2025
Learn how to find meaning and purpose in retirement after a life in public service with retired librarian and current retirement coach Susan Hawk Schneider....
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How Did You Uber Active Retirees Deal With The 70 to 80 Slow Down Phase?
Feb 04 2025
At 70, I felt a phase of my life close and another open. Having retired at 63, I have been a competitive tennis player and gym rat for the last 40 years. However, joining the septuagenarian club struc...
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Handy retired people, do you have a recent home project you’re proud of?
Jan 31 2025
Not assuming anything about the gender of the handy person, retirement often comes with honey-dos that mean a repair, an upgrade, or major work. I’m mostly interested in projects that you took o...
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Best affordable cell phone carrier?
Jan 30 2025
My wife and I have been Verizon customers for over 20 years and, now that we’re retired, are looking for ways to reduce our monthly expenses. My mother was on our plan and recently passed away s...
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How long before mindset changes?
Jan 29 2025
I have been retired for exactly 1 month and am wondering how long it takes to get used to being retired? I am a “hare” personality and have worked since babysitting at age 12. Can’t ...
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If work provided your main social outlet and you are now retired, consider this
Jan 26 2025
I can't edit the title but meant to say "if you're not retired." I retired at 65 last September for health reasons. In addition to that transition, my last parent died a year ago. I've spent the last ...
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The 80% Rule of Retirement: Should This Rule be Retired?
Jan 24 2025
The 80% rule promises a comfortable lifestyle in retirement. Does it deliver?...
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21 Lessons a CFA (That Retired Young) Learned That Dave Ramsey Didn’t Teach
Jan 24 2025
For what it’s worth, I retired at 42. With over two decades in financial services, a CFA designation, and a mix of real estate and investment strategies, I reached financial independence without...
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I Retired Early: 25 Things I Know Now About Money That Most People Never Figure Out
Jan 23 2025
Financial freedom doesn’t happen by chance, it happens through choices. Every decision you make sets the tone for your future. I know this because I’ve walked the talk. In my teens, I mapp...
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Have you cut your caffeine consumption since you retired?
Jan 22 2025
So, for most of my working life, I NEEDED diet coke to keep me going (I don't like coffee, so this was my caffeine fix). Now, that I'm retired was thinking of kicking the diet coke habit, since I know...
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Retired for one month; these are things I use most
Jan 21 2025
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IRMAA APPEAL....DENIED??!!!
Jan 21 2025
How about this twist? We just started Medicare January 2025 We got hit with IRMAA because our 2023 MAGI was too high HOWEVER, I retired in 2023 (life changing event - work stoppage) and our MAGI for 2...
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Would you recommend the career you retired from, to a young person?
Jan 18 2025
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Too much time thinking about the past. So many regrets
Jan 17 2025
I am obsessing about the past, now that I am retired and have a lot of free, idle time. I can’t seem to stop regretting things I did. Or did not do well. Or should have done. I hate the feeling....
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Retired Man Tries to Spend More Money, Mostly Fails
Jan 17 2025
A couple of years ago, Mr. Money Mustache lost some credibility among the faithful when he wrote this blog post about actually trying to spend a bit more money, while buying a Tesla as the first step ...
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What If Stocks Only Rise 3%?
Jan 17 2025
On January 1st we conducted our Annual Financial Review for our retirement portfolio. I’m smiling. Since I retired in June 2018, the S&P 500 has had a nominal annualized return […] Th...
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If You Are Retired, Do You Have A Will—An Ethical Will?
Jan 15 2025
An ethical will is often called a legacy letter. Learn how it is different from a legal will, how to write an ethical will, and why it is important....
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Has anyone retired from the US to live in Canada and can offer some perspective
Jan 12 2025
I am a Canadian/US dual citizen who has spent most of their adult working life in the US - I will have SS, a 401k, an IRA, etc. For a variety of reasons, retiring to Canada is attractive. The primary ...
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Morning routine in retirement now established.
Jan 06 2025
Now that I've been retired over a year, I feel I have an established morning ritual that sets the tone for the day and celebrates the retired status. It goes like this: Wake up without an alarm, which...
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Golden Handcuffs - To Retire or Not?
Jan 05 2025
I will hit 60 this new year. I retired from a long career with immediate pension and took a job at a Non-Profit after I was offered a position as a manager. The position pays very well and has amazing...
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Update on “Don’t like being retired after 3 years”
Jan 04 2025
Okay, I took a lot of the advice/wisdom of the comments to my original post & you gave me great options - SO: - I got a dog & am taking him to training classes (love this) - I took a series of...
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If You Are Retired, Is It Too Late To Leave A Legacy?
Jan 04 2025
People often think of legacy at the end of life. Legacy is now and never too late. Live how you want to be remembered....
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Thoughts on retirement - one year in
Jan 02 2025
TL;DR I love retirement and have no regrets. I’d like to share some thoughts after being retired for a full year. -I’m still amazed at how easy the transition from worker to retiree was. A...
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How to Travel the Country and Start Living Before Actually Being Fully Retired
Jan 01 2025
LJ and Kelly share their inspiring journey of embracing a retirement lifestyle before fully retiring. Motivated by Kelly’s experiences as a physical therapist, witnessing many patients unable to...
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How long have you been retired?
Dec 29 2024
As we enter a new year.. -How long have you been retired? -What phase of retirement do you think you are in ? Go- go , slow go, or No go … The concept has been around for some time. It makes se...
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What is your countdown clock at?
Dec 29 2024
For those Not yet retired … How much longer do you have? Seems the end/ beginning of the year is popular.. Also - did you decide to keep track of it? Maybe you are marking it off on a calendar?...
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Adjusting to retirement after a non-traditional schedule?
Dec 28 2024
If you worked a non-traditional schedule before retiring, do you have any suggestions for adjustment to retirement life. Husband just retired from the airline industry. For over 43 years, he's been wo...
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What's the Key to a Happy Retirement for a Couple?
Dec 25 2024
Retired couples spend lots of time together. Without the distractions of work and raising kids, miscommunication can cause trouble. Here's a way to avoid that....
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May be retired earlier than I expected ... now what
Dec 20 2024
I am 60 (F) and I have lived and worked in Canada all my life. I have been fortunate to work for two places where I could build/accumulate company pensions. I also have a small locked-in retirement ac...
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