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What is your biggest regret in retirement?

Those of you who have recently retired, say in the past year or two, what would you do differently if you had the chance to do it over? I'm preparing myself for retirement in the next couple of years ...

reddit.com Feb 20 2023

Retire next year?

I am 53m with wife, 53f, one kid, 15. Retired from military in 2020 with 70k pension that I am currently receiving. Wife gets 30k if I die first. I expect 35k/yr social security at 67. Wife will colle...

reddit.com Feb 19 2023

Wife doesn’t want me to retire

Wife and I are both 52. I’m currently making around $300k a year in a fairly high stress role that I hate. My wife retired 5 years ago due to health issues - she gets $36k a year for disability....

reddit.com Feb 16 2023

Anybody retire to Vancouver?

Newly retired and living in Halifax. Lived in Vancouver for a few years in the late ‘80’s and been back to visit most recently last May for a few weeks. It’s my favourite place in th...

reddit.com Feb 15 2023

Filling Out Form W-4P In Retirement...(Help!)

Hoping that someone might have gone through this too... The new W-4(P) Form is confusing me real good. I am newly retired and married/filing jointly. Question 2(b)(I) on Form W-4P asks for taxable ann...

reddit.com Feb 15 2023

15 Ways To Prevent Identity Theft

February 15, 2023 — In 2021 the Federal Trade Commission received 1.5 million reports of identity theft. And guess who is usually the #1 target for scammers – right, retired people. A comb...

topretirements.com Feb 15 2023

Family Maximum Benefit (Disability)

Photo credit: jb In a previous article we talked about the Social Security Family Maximum Benefit for a retired worker – and we mentioned that there was a separate calculation for the Social Sec...

financialducksinarow.com Feb 14 2023

Drawing from Investments in Retirement

Would appreciate any input as I will be discussing with my financial advisor. I’m about to turn 65 and retired about a year ago. I haven’t touched my investments this far, but will need to...

reddit.com Feb 12 2023

Where Am I?

I'm on vacation. Yes, I know, some people ask: How can you be on vacation when you're retired? Well, trust me, pre-retirees and other people still working, and as my fellow retirees can attest . . . y...

sightingsat60.blogspot.com Feb 11 2023

Lessons Learned From 4 Years Outside the Maze

Life’s been a real mixture of things for today’s poster. He reached financial independence and retired four years ago, and ... Read more...

physicianonfire.com Feb 10 2023

Retirement/travel Survey

Hi all, I am an MBA student at BYU and we are studying retirees as a market segment and need some input. If you’re retired and own an animal, please take this survey. It should take you less tha...

reddit.com Feb 06 2023

can I retire now

retirement in Canada Married couple 57m (A) and 55m (B) with no kid and no debt. A is still working with 140K salary and B has retired now with 30K per year pension for life and A has pension lump sum...

reddit.com Feb 05 2023

I'm living my dream.

I've always loved to tinker and spend time outdoors. I'd tinker and make things on my dad's shop from an early age (8 yo). I retired at 55. Now I tinker and help family by doing yard care and small en...

reddit.com Feb 04 2023

IRA reinvestment that's low risk

My 70 year old retired mom has a IRA that's she has to withdraw from, roughly $150K. She wants to reinvest in a consistently well performing but low/moderate risk fund. I'd be very grateful for recomm...

reddit.com Jan 26 2023

How is Retirement Supposed To Feel?

Occasionally I receivesome form of the question, "How come I don't feel retired?" And it doesn't seem to matter whether the person has been away from full-time work for a few months, a few years, or a...

satisfyingretirement.blogspot.com Jan 22 2023

Ask The Readers: What If You Couldn’t Make Money?

I was talking to my friend Jen recently when she asked a fantastic question. It was posed to her about a year ago. Here is how it went down: Jen had just retired and was on a trip down to Oaxaca to ce...

1500days.com Jan 22 2023

Rent vs Buy Winter Place in FL

I’ve retired in the last year in the Midwest. Summer is easy but winter is confining. After a spending a few weeks in Florida I’ve made a decision to spend the winter there and take advant...

reddit.com Jan 22 2023

10 Best Retirement Train Trips

October 20, 2022 — Our retired friend EZ loves a great train trip, and hates everything about flying. He resents getting to the airport hours early, parking in a remote lot, shuffling through se...

topretirements.com Oct 19 2022

Wisdom

  Six years ago today I woke up officially retired from the workplace, a new identity waiting to be formed.  Yes, six years!!!  And what a six years it has been.   Prior to retiring I received lot...

kathysretirementblog.com Oct 20 2018

Milestone: First 50 Days of Early Retirement

It has been more than a month now since I early retired from MegaCorp and adopted my new life of leisure.  It feels like I am still "skipping school" and am expected to go back to work at some point....

mrfirestation.com May 23 2016