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What do you call vacations post retirement?

I’ve been retired for three years now. I recently took a vacation and was talking to my mom about it. She’s been retired for 20 years and has gone on many trips. She was joking with me, sa...

reddit.com Jun 29 2024

Bored, What is next? Go back to work?

So I retired over a year ago. At that time I declined a couple of job offers. The 5 years prior to retirement were a bit hectic due to 3 cross country moves, several different jobs, losing a parent, e...

reddit.com Jun 28 2024

I like fixing cars and appliances, what should I do?

I've been retired 3 years. Truthfully, I feel useless at times. Some of the most rewarding experiences I've had since retiring have been troubleshooting and fixing our dryer, and doing the transmissio...

reddit.com Jun 26 2024

What are some $ benefits retirees get?

So i m retiring soon, my wife is already retired. As far as pension, healthcare, social security, 401K, taxes…. I m fine with these important aspects of retirement What i want to look at now is...

reddit.com Jun 25 2024

Wondering If I'll Flunk Retirement

I've only been retired for about 3 weeks but I left a job I loved because of a new CEO that I couldn't work with or for, and because my partner retired a year ago and has been enjoying it. I guess you...

reddit.com Jun 19 2024

Getting PE license post-retirement

Been retired close to a year now, and everything is going good health wise and financially, but just missing a little focus. As a engineer working for the government, it never was particularly benefic...

reddit.com Jun 17 2024

Retirement options in North Carolina

Wife and I struggling over where to retire within 3 years. Me M(64) she F (xx - to protect me from getting stink eye). Leave it to say, she is already retired as is not working and drawing SS. We are ...

reddit.com Jun 15 2024

Accumulated sick leave, do you start to use it up

I just caught up with an colleague, who retired this year at 68 years old. Community Nurse for the last 30 years and he had a great work ethic. Hence he had over 1000 hours sick leave when he finished...

reddit.com Jun 15 2024

Better housekeeping in retirement?

Has anybody become a better housekeeper in retirement? We had someone come in twice a month to help with cleaning while we worked, but our cleaner retired before we did. I am not adverse to having som...

reddit.com Jun 10 2024

Old company asking my availability after retirement

I retired about a year ago from this workplace, but recently, suddenly out of nowhere, my previous company is asking me if I am available for the next 6 months. I politely declined their initial offer...

reddit.com Jun 06 2024

What are you no longer buying now that you are retired?

Someone once told me that once you get to the age of 55, you have all the clothes you need for the rest of your life. For me, I think that's largely true. This year, I've bought one pair of shorts, on...

reddit.com Jun 04 2024

Stocking up on things pre retirement

Hello! For the retirees out there...were there things you stocked up before you retired because you knew you would have limited funds? I remember my grandmother going to JCP during their big underwear...

reddit.com Jun 03 2024

The days are just packed, and I’m surprised.

I started journaling about the time I retired 8 months ago. (I use the iPhone app Journal.) it was just to make note of unusual things seen or experienced or things accomplished or other satisfying mo...

reddit.com Jun 01 2024

Retired and Co- signed Navient Student Loans (2003)

I fell into the assumption that my daughter would be taking care of all the payments. Well now I'm retired and on SS and a small supplemental income and daughter hasn't made payments in quite awhile. ...

reddit.com May 31 2024

Retired teachers….I am done tomorrow!!!!

Love my teaching colleagues beyond measure, but it is time. Just turned 63, hubby retired 3 years ago and financially we are set. We are closing on a new house at the end of June in a brand new locati...

reddit.com May 30 2024

Budgeting and tracking processes

Interested to know how you track spending v your budget. We are semi-retired w a variable income that we do not figure into our income so taking withdrawals down savings and not tapping SS until 70 pe...

reddit.com May 30 2024

Should I Stay Near Family or Move for a Better Climate?

I am a 70-year-old retired male, single with no children, currently living in the Midwest. I’ve spent most of my life living out West and am used to living single. I moved back to my hometown in...

reddit.com May 28 2024

It's Monday morning and I am very, very thankful.

It's a beautiful Monday morning just a little over 4 years since I involuntarily retired. (That turned out to be a good thing). I often reflect, on these weekday mornings, on how incredible it is to h...

reddit.com May 14 2024

Retirement is Filled with Surprises – Good and Bad

In a new survey asking retirees what surprised them about being retired, the big winner – for 43 percent – was how much they’re enjoying it. The rest of the survey indicates that the...

crr.bc.edu May 11 2024

For me, retirement is about rediscovering myself

This is my first Saturday of being retired. I finished my last work project on Wednesday and it's taken me until today to start to feel like maybe it's true. I started to know I needed to retire about...

reddit.com May 11 2024

Socializing after retirement , it’s not so easy.

I retired a couple years ago and have found my groove and hobbies. If anything, I’d say I feel busier than I ever imagined I would be. Unfortunately I feel I have a void that I haven’t fou...

reddit.com May 10 2024

Critical “friend” advice for group of friends

We are so lucky to have a close group of friends for more than 50 years. Now that we are retired, we have been traveling together. Each trip we take, one guy becomes increasingly obnoxious and rude. H...

reddit.com May 09 2024

Retirement hobbies are the key

I've been retired for a good number of years. When I first retired I was nervous about sitting around twiddling my thumbs and doing nothing. So I decided to get back to hobbies I had or get into new h...

reddit.com May 05 2024

IRMAA is taken care of! I'm thrilled.

I retired at the end of August, after all bonuses and retention incentives had paid out. Because it had been a good year, I knew I was likely to get a hit with IRMAA, both with Medicare B and D. Becau...

reddit.com May 03 2024

Have you found real remote work?

I get tons of ads for remote work but many are just influencers trying to make a buck. I’m a retired teacher, so I could tutor and am also interested in doing research. Does anyone do part time ...

reddit.com May 02 2024

Daytime errands are so much easier

So, two weeks ago retired after working for 50 years in the building and construction industry. I’ve basically been just decompressing since then, even though I still can’t sleep in. I sti...

reddit.com May 01 2024

Why are we afraid of retirement?

I retired last year at 60. My wife plans on retiring next April at 60 as well. We’ve done ok in life relatively speaking. We will be able to buy a retirement home and live near our kids fairly c...

reddit.com May 01 2024

Retired people, what's on the docket for today?

Let's share slice of life for this particular day. What do you have going on? What do you plan to do? If the answer is "nothing", then what does nothing look like for you? If you happen to be really b...

reddit.com Apr 30 2024

Pets in retirement can be expensive

Pets can be expensive in retirement, not retired yet, 8 more months. We have have 4 pets 2 dogs and two cats. One cat is diabetic so we have the insulin cost every 3 months. We have pet insurance on b...

reddit.com Apr 23 2024

WSJ: All My Friends Are Retired. Why Am I Still Working?

Interesting column in the Wall Street Journal; curious how it strikes people here (both those who have yet to retire, and those who are already retired). I am very much in the group that the author de...

reddit.com Apr 15 2024

Are there groups like SCORE folur non-executives?

Service Corp of Retired Executives is a volunteer group where former execs can give back- typically to start ups or non profits. Are there any groups with a similar mission where non executives can co...

reddit.com Apr 11 2024

Did not expect the days to fly by so fast

I (66m) retired officially March 1. I had been on family leave since December to care for my dying son at a hospice. I basically lived there. He was a firefighter who fell in line of duty. To experien...

reddit.com Apr 09 2024

How do you use LinkedIn in Retirement?

After years as an industry leader, I am trying to figure out if/how to use Linkedin now that I am retired. Do I just lurk and see what my former colleagues, friends, former employers, and former compe...

reddit.com Apr 08 2024

Started to trade as soon as I retired…

Hello fellow retirees! I retired just recently and now have lots of time available to do what I like. I have always loved trading. Whenever had time, I would always do great. Whenever I didn’t h...

reddit.com Apr 01 2024