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Are there many retirees that are concerned about buying health care on the ACA , if the subsidies expire at the end of 2025? What will happen to people with pre-existing conditions? How will retired p...
So, I retired a few months ago. During my career, I did a lot of voluntary work for charities. Mostly this coniststed of assessing grant applications, editing a journal, serving on advisory committees...
Less than half of working women feel prepared for retirement and of those already retired, only 19% find retirement to be exactly what they expected. Here's what you can do while still working....
Are you recently retired or hoping to retire soon? What could you learn from the people who retired successfully before you? What were their best decisions? And what were their…...
Let me be super clear about 2 things up front: I (68, retired) am very fortunate to have enough saved and invested for my retirement, including maxing my 401k and IRA over 40 years and paying off my h...
This summer was really challenging. I think it was one of the tougher summers I’ve experienced. Tougher than last year when I was laid off. I am semi-retired officially. My daughter finished kin...
I officially retired at 60 from the military (Reserve) last year and from law enforcement in 2017. My wife turns 50 next month and is planning at least 15 years until she retires. I want to travel the...
I'm a 69 year old male, retired 3 weeks ago. My wife is 68 and will likely retire this summer. We live in the Boston suburbs where cost of living is high. Want to move to a more affordable area that o...
I’m a recently retired attorney whose practice was primarily family law. I’m starting post retirement activities like volunteering and continuing education and I assume at some point I wil...
I am 61 years old. I retired in 2023 and receive a pension. As part of that pension I am allowed to, and do, pay for the same health insurance that I was getting as an employee. The difference is I mu...
Today’s my last day. 61F (turning 62 next week). Husband already retired. I’m relishing every “last” moment of this day. Last time waking up at 5:45 am Last time taking a showe...
"Sam" is 58 and he retired at the end of the first quarter of 2024. His wife, "Alice," is 65 and still working as a paid caretaker for the couple's son with special needs. Sam has $400,000 in a Roth I...
To read this article on KSL.com, click here. NEW YORK — Hope Murray retired in 2013 after a 50-year career that ranged from game show producer to Hollywood party planner…...
Did you know that the average retired couple could end up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes on their retirement savings? Join Tyson Thacker and Ryan Thacker, as…...
Jennifer, 54, plans to retire soon. Her husband, 70, is retired, on Social Security, and dealing with some severe health issues. Jennifer worries about possibly becoming single in retirement, which co...
I retired in March of 22 at 64 years of age. That was my goal for several years after working in the telecom industry all of my life. I was a manager of engineering in wireless. We had been working re...
It took a year, but NOW we are clearly retired! submitted by /u/roblewk[visit reddit] [comments]...
Hubby retired in end of 2023. I retired June 2024. Life is so much easier. Of course, I fainted and sprained my ankle two weeks into July. Spent the next few months proving to hubby and docs I was jus...
You’ll gain helpful insights to plan your retirement by asking retired relatives and friends thought-provoking questions during the holidays about their life in retirement....
I'm semi-retired or maybe retired but haven't realized it yet! One thing I find frustrating is that I can't seem to break the wake/sleep cycle ingrained over years of working. What I mean by this is t...
I have been retired for a year and my wife will be retiring soon. We own our small home (1100sq/ft) and do what ever maintenance our selfs. But we don't do our own, plumbing, electrical or roofing etc...
I am retired and have a 10 year old with low mileage and some minor damage. I am buying with cash a new car this week. I am debating about keeping both cars. One car could be something guest could dri...
Now that I'm retired, I'm finding myself getting less interested in world or national news, about opinion pieces, about scandals and controversies, about huge initiatives that might have a significant...
Curious if anyone who retired or thinking of it with kids still in school? We are older parents (59, 53) with middle school child. We both plan to retire from full time careers to opportunities of par...
We’re recently retired with more than sufficient savings to fund our retirement. We’ve decided to self-fund our Long Term Care from our savings. I’m trying to decide whether or not t...
Has anyone consulted for their company after they retired? Did you create your own company to work as a consultant, or were you a part-time employee of the company? My current manager and others are r...
Thoughts on developing interests after retirement I’m not retired, but working hard to be. My wife and I are currently 55 and m looking at 4-6 more years. I have a retirement planning notebook w...
Hi all, I retired from Tech 3 months ago, and I'm having a total blast - but there was one thing that has developed that I didn't expect. My job was SUPER intense and very high stress, and I HATED the...
If you're retired and you've checked with your financial planner that life insurance is no longer vital, here are five ways you can turn it to your advantage....
The next president and Congress will need to tackle the financial challenges facing Social Security if we’re going to avert a sharp cut in benefits to the 68 million retired or disabled American...
We are a newly retired couple. This years we started our first ever slow travel trip, six months of travel through Australia, Vietnam, Singapore, London, Spain. We are from Australia, currently live i...
I'm 66, my wife is 63. We're both semi-retired. I've spent SO much time in the last few years about figuring out how long our retirement savings will last. Yesterday she (a non-smoker) was diagnosed w...
Now that I’m retired, I love sitting down every month with the latest Atlantic magazine and reading it cover to cover. I rarely had a block of time for such things when I was working—I&rsq...
Are real estate investment trust (REIT) ETFs a good way for Leon to begin investing in real estate? Can AI Seth stay retired at age 52, and should he do Roth conversions? Jenn in Ohio wants the fellas...
In this website, we encourage retired households to periodically (generally annually) compare the present value of their assets with the present value of their spending liabilities to determine a snap...
This guest post is by Vaughn, a long-time Financial Samurai reader who retired at 44 and is now 55. Vaughn's early retirement was driven by necessity rather than choice due to a congenital bone diseas...
I’m new in retirement. Retired at 64. When I look at the week ahead and know I will be away for two hours for volunteering, and two hours for book club, and time for exercise classes I feel so G...
What’s the thing I like most about being semi-retired (and will LOVE when I can afford to fully retire)? Time. I am no longer speeding and tailgating. I can wait in a checkout line without strai...
I just retired and I have just signed up for Medicare Part B. Since I was working when I became eligible for Part A, I signed up for Part B well after Part A. I signed up to coincide with my retiremen...
Retired a few months now from teaching. We also built a new house that has a covered porch...my absolute favorite part. We are in the Northeast and the fall weather has been lovely, so I sit outside a...
According to a recent Cerulli study, more than half of retired 401(k) participants say Social Security is their primary source of income. At the same time, only 6% of millennials predict they will rel...
I'm retired, husband will be retiring in about 2 years. We are planning to sell our large, Midwestern home and move out west into a smaller house when he does. If we don't go crazy we can pay cash for...
For many, early retirement feels like the ultimate goal. More time with family, pursuing hobbies, and saying goodbye to the daily grind. When I retired early, I imagined relaxation, adventure, and mor...
There are two things most financially-conscience people aspire to: retiring rich or retiring early. But which is better? Many people who haven't retired believe early retirement sounds fantastic, espe...
My partner and I are both retired and have lived in our current home in central Texas since 1986 - new build (partner purchased the home two months before we met). House is a two story in a fully deve...
Patrick and Mary will soon both be retired. They are curious about what their withdrawal strategy should be as they balance various retirement accounts, including a pension, IRAs, and a brokerage acco...
Chris has been retired for a little over a year while his wife has continued to work. Now that Chris has “tried on” retirement and found the fit good, his wife will likely join him within ...
David has a question about taxes in retirement: When you’re retired and no longer getting a regular paycheck from which your employer withheld tax payments on your behalf, how do you estimate th...
I'm counting down to retirement on 9/1/25, and my wife (retired 5 years ago and loving it) sent me this nugget today. A retired person is a jùbilado/a. I just love this, with its connotation of...
The wife and I are wrapping up careers and plan to be completely retired by early November. While it’s a little intimidating, it’s also very exciting. It felt great last week when I starte...