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The ultimate luxury - time for reading

Retired since Jan 2025 - after a 9-10 month decompression I’m finally enjoying the ultimate retirement luxury - TIME Time for reading especially. Since my job (lawyer) involved many hours of reading p...

reddit.com Feb 26 2026

Money and siblings and spouses

I am 66 and my sister is 76, her husband is 84. We are both married, retired, have homes. But. I have several degrees, had a really good job in tech as did my wife. We saved enough money and are grate...

reddit.com Feb 24 2026

Lifestyle Inflation Since I Retired

Hey everyone! If you haven’t heard, the New York Federal Reserve concluded that U.S. consumers and businesses are paying 90% of Trump’s tariffs in 2025. Thanks Trump, for making everything ... Read mo...

retireby40.org Feb 23 2026

Wife suddenly wants to retire and buy a sprinter van

I’m retired and wife now wants to retire and added she wants to buy a sprinter van and dive all over the USA. She thinks this may be more economical than flying, renting car and staying in motel. Ther...

reddit.com Jan 18 2026

Cash in HSA after Retirement: How to control

I have an HSA that , when I was, working, I could control the amount of cash (as opposed to investments) during direct deposit in it by choosing certain amount of max cash. Now that I am retired and n...

reddit.com Jan 17 2026

Introducing The FI Collective

I was listening to a recent podcast with Morgan Housel. I have a lot of respect for Morgan, so was disappointed to hear him say this: Everyone I know who retired early has gone back to work. My experi...

1500days.com Jan 15 2026

I retired today and about to become a drugs courier!

Hi everyone, and sorry about the slightly 'clickbait' headline. I turned 68 this week, and today retired (yay!) from a senior engineers job and next week start a great little 9 hours a week (3 x 3hrs)...

reddit.com Jan 15 2026

Living off more, less or the same?

When planning for retirement a major question is how much money will you need per year to live on. For all you who have been through that and are retired, are you finding that you are spending more in...

reddit.com Jan 14 2026

First time IRA withdraw this month

I have been retired 1 year. I made about 50k managing my fidelity IRA and overall made around 10%. My plan was to take 4% a year or 20k so that tracks. I keep 6 months of bills in savings currently an...

reddit.com Jan 08 2026

How to keep busy/find a hobby/meet people

Hi all, Not retired yet and I’ve got 6 years to go. However, I’m in a weird spot. I don’t have time to do activities during the day and my work is not predictable as to when it ends each day. Thus, I ...

reddit.com Jan 07 2026

The Five Questions for Peace of Mind in Retirement

Like many pre-retirees, it was the single most important question on my mind. "Do I have enough money?" Actually, being married, it was, "Do WE have enough money?" My wife and I were retiring at the s...

reddit.com Jan 05 2026

Day 1 - Here's Where The New Story Begins

Yesterday was the last business trip home (after 90 minutes of sleep), this morning I watched my Microsoft 360 account go offline and had the chance to read through the touching farewell notes sent by...

reddit.com Jan 03 2026

Retired three months and I’m having a difficult time.

So I retired September 11 and thought that it would be great. Instead, I’m finding that I’m spinning my wheels in that I have reached all my goals that I had set forth before I retired. I have a lot o...

reddit.com Jan 03 2026

holiday epiphany - I am going to retire*

* in August 2027 - I picked an arbitrary date... It just hit me this past week - I've been working full time since I was 17, and I just turned 66. I've *literally* been employed (in the tech industry)...

reddit.com Jan 03 2026

A Decade Can Change Everything

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Bill Gates Having been retired for over 10 years now and taken 9 y...

millennial-revolution.com Dec 02 2025

Health Care Costs Surge As ACA Open Enrollment Begins

Americans shopping for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace insurance plans during open enrollment – which began this Saturday – are experiencing confusion and dramatically more expensive premiums. T...

retiredamericans.org Nov 26 2025

Happy Thanksgiving 2025!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Wow, 2025 has been a tumultuous year. Life has been pretty crazy at the RB40 household as well. RB40Jr started high school, Mrs. RB40 retired, the Retire ... Read more Th...

retireby40.org Nov 24 2025

Rocking and Rolling

During our recent visit to Crete, Mister E and I stayed in a small boutique hotel renowned for its gastronomic offering. Still on UK time, we reserved a table in the restaurant on our first night for ...

aretirementblog.blogspot.com Nov 23 2025

Real world returns pre and post retirement

Hey everyone, I’m trying to get a better sense of what actual real-world returns people have experienced both before and after retirement — beyond the theoretical models and backtests. If ...

reddit.com Nov 11 2025

You Might Not Be As Good An Investor As You Think

During my free financial review of my rollover IRA, I was feeling pretty good about how far it had come. Back when I retired from finance in April 2012, I had about $300,000 in my 401(k). After leavin...

financialsamurai.com Nov 11 2025

How Much More Can You Afford to Spend in 2026?

It’s not too early to start planning your spending for 2026 even though you haven’t yet determined your January 1, 2026 Funded Status. You or your spouse may be considering spending in 202...

howmuchcaniaffordtospendinretirement.blogspot.com Nov 10 2025

SoCal / San Diego for Retirement?

My wife and I (both retired, not working jobs) are strongly considering San Diego CA as our final living destination. Austin TX is just getting too hot, and it will only get worse. 8 months of summer,...

reddit.com Nov 08 2025