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I retired a month ago, almost 70, from a profession I loved. I just felt it was time, work was crazy busy and had become stressful for the past year. I wanted to leave on my terms and at the top of my...
I am not experiencing this personally nor is anyone taking care of me, but it does come up in conversations within my friend circle. Many months back a retired member of r/retirement shared a comment ...
Fritz, who has been retired for 6 years, discusses his journey to retirement and the importance of purpose, planning, and health. The post Podcast, Episode 85: Intentional Retirement Living with Fritz...
70 year old, Retired 6/2022, but still. have opportunities to work for $65/hour as much as I want to. Wife tells me I need to quit, but I like the extra $1000 -$ 1500 per month for the 20-25 hours I w...
I'm a few months into retirement, my wife is still working till next June. One of the things we're trying to do--and were starting before I retired--is transitioning our spending on routine items away...
I'm curious about your decision to reduce the number of cars, especially if you're a retired couple and you reduced the number of cars to one (or even zero). What went into that decision? What was the...
When I started blogging, I often lamented that I didn’t learn about FIRE when I was in my 20s. I could have saved more and retired from my engineering career ... Read more The post Young People ...
Golf is a great game for people of all ages and it is definitely something to look into if you are retired and find yourself with some extra time. A lot of retired people find it as a great hobby to k...
I retired and 62, and filed and started receiving social security. I recently had a great job opportunity and decided to “un-retire”, and filed a form SSA-521 to withdraw my social securit...
When I retired at 42 in 2021, I discovered the concept of Financial Independence Retire Early, also known as FIRE. Even though I had already reached financial freedom, understanding the mindset behind...
So. I am 61. I’m not even full-time retired, I’m part-time since February! Yes, I’m moving around much less. But a good friend told me that I’m fat and I need to lose weight. I...
I retired in my late 50s as the university I was working for here in the UK had massive financial problems. They offered buyouts, so I took one...the alternative was taking a pay cut and having many m...
I am newly retired (June 1 2024), so am still figuring it out. I am the 3rd generation owner of a 'camp' in Maine, by inheritance. It is only useable about 3-4 months a year, roughly mid-May to mid-Se...
I've been retired a couple of years now, my wife about a year. We recently bought a new car. In talking with our insurance guy, he recommends we get a Personal Liability Umbrella Policy. It would cove...
How do you decide when you've had enough? I honestly don't think I will be any worse off financially retired than I am working. My job is support staff for a school and I have always worked part time....
I'm coming up on 3 months retired, and so far, so good! I'd like to look back, though, on the last 10 years. 10 years ago, in the fall of 2014, I had a plan. My wife and I were both 56 years old. Our ...
My husband (66) will be retiring next May. I (60) am already retired. We signed on with a financial advisor a few months ago and we are working to set things up optimally for us. Recently, our financi...
1 - Spent Christmas 2019 in Florida with a retired sister in law. Watched her spend her days attending social events and figuring out where she was dining in the evenings. I note that I could get used...
I am semi-retired now, down to working two days a week. When I worked full time and on the days I still work, I was/am mentally exhausted and just watch tv. I’ve found on my ‘retired&rsquo...
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 ...
In 2021, shortly before I retired, I found myself on a run with a friend who has always been a source of inspiration to me. We are the same age, but while I was preparing to leave behind the structure...
These retirement savings accounts, which are often pitched to young investors, can be a good option for older and retired workers....
Now that I'm retired I decided to go on a bus trip for a week with a friend as I have never been on one before. My friend has, and talked about bringing books and magazines for us to read on the bus (...
I posted this in r/personalfinance with no response. This subreddit may be a better place. I have a TSP account from prior employment. I am semi-retired and only working part-time. I would like to inv...
The biggest thing I didn’t think about were health insurance costs and ended up waiting till I was 65. I think if there had been health care for everyone, I would have retired much earlier. The ...
After 35 years of practice, I've retired. Here's how I had the confidence and know-how to do so—and what I'm looking forward to the most. The post Why Lawyers (and, Really, All Kinds of People) ...
I (59F) stopped working six months ago. In an effort to define my 3rd act I'm looking for a positive-sounding word or phrase to replace "I'm retired" or I'm in "retirement". For example, I referred to...
The 50/30/20 ratio for working folks is widely available but I haven't found anything comparable for retirees. Is there some ratio recommendation for those retired? In our case (couple) we are spendin...
Our offspring live too far away for frequent visits -- about a 2.5 hr flight away. I know a lot of retired couples move to be close to their children, maybe because they're hoping their kids will take...
62M. Live in a smaller city in Colorado. Retired from my government job on 7/1/24 after 18 years. Before that I was in the military for 23 years and retired from that in 2005. I was really looking for...
Mid 60s. Retired about a year. Income means little to me in retirement. I’m delaying social security. I decide what my income will be. Besides dividends and interest, there’s no new money ...
A friend of mine (age 60) who thought their job was secure was suddenly informed that it is not secure. This person still has children under 18 and their spouse is already retired. My friend asked me ...
After being retired for 10 years and preaching about FIRE, I’ve learned somethings about why certain people are more resistant to FIRE than others, but overall, it’s still a mystery. In fa...
I'm retired 11 months. But four months ago, I was onboarded as a contractor with my former employer for a six-month, half-time consultant, focused on a specific project. The project is interesting, an...
This was originally published 10/12/2021, a few weeks before I retired at 42. Last month, I wrote that we were almost ready to retire. In the next week, I plan to formally announce my retirement to my...
It's pretty obvious that people who are retired generally receive less income. The question then becomes how do you stop your money from flying out the door? It's an age old question that everyone has...
Not here to crow, but rather to have a laugh at how utterly retired we have become: Slightly rushed morning to get our daily exercise regimen done early so that we could get to… The funeral of ...
I originally wrote this about fake financial gurus in Sept, 2021 a few weeks before I retired at age 42. I’ve made some updates to formatting, but left everything else the same. Oh no, not anoth...
I retired to Pennsylvania because we had some family in the area, the cost of living is less than our old home in metropolitan New York, the winters are a little warmer, and it's not so far away that ...
I'm not fully retired yet but have cut way back on my hours. What I'm noticing is that if every day feels like a weekend, I can have a tendency to binge-watch a couple extra episodes at night and stay...
This might seem like an odd question but I've been getting conflicting advice. Husband 71 and retired with pension and SS. I'm 65 and working full time at the moment. My full SS is 66, 10 months. My h...
I'm retired, I have gotten our finances organized, next step is getting health records organized for both of us. seems every doctor has different questions on past medical conditions, How do I put tog...
I (64F) am retired. My husband (65M) has a term life insurance policy that we may want to sell as the premiums are escalating to the point of becoming unaffordable. We have met with 3 different planne...
My wife and I are in our mid-60's and retired. We (supposedly ;-) have enough money to last us through our lifespans, We do not have any children or close younger relatives and we both have parents wh...
FROM THE ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE!!! 7 Big Retirement Surprises and What to Do About Them. Try these tips to navigate retired life’s unexpected twists and turns. By Bruce Horovitz, AARP. P...
In the late 1960s and 1970s, the U.S. Social Security Administration subsidized college expenses for young adults with deceased, disabled or retired parents who were receiving dependent benefits. The ...
I (63) retired 5 years ago. My wife (64) retired last month. We have accumulated a lot of possessions. Some have financial value, most don’t but are useful. I have a “I worked hard for tha...
I officially retired 6 years ago, on July 5, 2018. Before I retired, I was curious about what life would REALLY be like in retirement. Now…I know. I started The Retirement Reality Series to sha...
My Dad retired in 2002 with a 403(b) and lifelong teacher’s pension. Unsure of his retirement savings, some fellow retired teachers recommended a financial advisor who “specialized in reti...
My friend said it was the hardest thing she's ever done in her life. She moved from Illinois to one of the Carolinas when she retired. She had a pretty nice little rural homestead. I'd love to move bu...