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Redefining retirement with purpose and adventure John and Bev retired at 55, sold almost everything, and traded their dream home for two backpacks, golf clubs, and a life of full-time travel. Since th...
I’m 64 and had planned to stop at 65 but was downsized in June. I have an opportunity to work for a small company close to home, just like company I worked for 20 years. However, after a week, I...
I am almost two years into my retirement and my wife just retired. We have been fortunate to be able to live off my SS (wife has another 18mo before she starts) and some other savings until now. We ha...
Thanks to Kitces.com and Justin Fitzpatrick for once again informing financial advisors and retired DIYers that there are better metrics and processes for managing spending in retirement than the prob...
Hi, I have been retired for a year now. At first, I was excited about not having to dress up and go to work. I replaced a lot of my “office “ outfits with sweatpants, jeans and tees. I mis...
Retired women find themselves leaning on Social Security as a primary source of income at greater rates than men, according to new research from the Transamerica Institute. Financial advisors say that...
This is part two of my essay about finding meaning in retirement. I hope some find it useful. It's based primarily on my own experiences having been retired for now 4 years. Grandkids: Let’s fac...
I am 60 and recently retired. I currently live in Texas since I was transferred here for the last 15 years of work. Texas has multiple benefits, but I am not happy with multiple things including the w...
I have been retired now for four years and I thought I would share my experience which may, or may not, relate to you. This is mostly my story and lessons that I learned. It's a lengthy essay so I wil...
Retiring at 59+. I'm 58 and "retirement adjacent." I feel lucky but wonder, for those retired or close, what do you do all day? I don't have many hobbies and am unsure about my next chapter. I work ou...
I retired in April of this year. I'm about to turn 61. Not that long ago and yet I am already feeling a loss of identity. I used to have so much to talk about myself and what I was doing and what I ha...
We advocate a Safety First (or Liability-Driven) Investment strategy for retired households which anticipates the use of relatively low-risk investments to fund future Essential Expenses (the Floor Po...
I am currently 72.My FRA was 66. I'm receiving SS benefits. I retired at 67 and 5 months. My wife is currently 61. She is a legal permanent resident and has never worked in the US. She is not disabled...
I retired mid-year, 2024 (June 1). Because I had 5 months of working salary before SS, and I did start doing IRA withdrawals, and she is still working, it looks like there is a good chance we'll be hi...
I retired at 42. No hacks. No inheritance. Just deliberate steps taken over many years. This gallery breaks down exactly what I did to reach early retirement on my terms. These aren’t vague idea...
My spouse and I have recently retired, and want to move eventually south. I have looked at A LOT of 55+ communities in NC, SC, GA, and FL. When we visited the Bluffton SC area (Hilton Head) I loved it...
We are in our 60s and live in a large, 150+-year-old house that needs a lot of maintenance. My husband is retired. I can retire whenever I want to. We need to downsize sooner or later, and we're tryin...
Out of curiosity, just before or when you retired did you sit with a CFP or CFA to go over investing and tax strategies? I retired 6 weeks ago at 59-1/2 and my wife(56) will still work for a few more ...
I am already retired (64F) and have *almost* certainly enough in my retirement and investment accounts to get me through. But I check the balances every day, and check my Schwab at least 5 times a day...
FROM THE ARTICLE. How Big Should Your Emergency Fund Be When You’re Retired? You don’t want to be underprepared (or overprepared) when you need to cover costly surprises. By Maya Dollarhid...
Newly retired here. I'm having a hard time finding good volunteer opportunities. I started by considering where I would love to volunteer and decided on the culture sector. In my city (Toronto), a lot...
I retired at 60 and have been living well. Bought a retirement house on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Traveling, visiting our children and enjoying ourselves has been a way of life since Covid e...
Wife (67) and I (63) are retired and living off investments. We have a good nest egg. Both of us had good careers and are in line for solid SS income, though mine is higher because she took time off t...
Retiring early with kids sounds perfect, but the reality isn’t always easy. I retired in 2021 at the age of 42 with twin one-year-olds and a three-year-old. There’s more time, more memorie...
Now that I’m retired 10 years, here are some thoughts in retrospect. 1) figure out what you need to live on and then save twice that amount. 2) just invest in the sp500 and ignore the ups n down...
I retired in March of 2024 and decided to go back to school to take a photography class at my local community college. I enjoyed the class so much that I enrolled in another photography class for the ...
Ive been retired for 6 years and wasted away with laziness. Remember Leave it to Beaver? My childhood sucked. I’ve always wanted to have the LITB house organization. I want to have all the crap ...
I am retired and I have been able to have extended health benefits through my employer's group plan until I turn 65 (about 2 years away). When I turn 65 then I have to figure out what to do on my own,...
We just started Medicare and received an IRMAA penalty for 2023 when my wife was still working full time. She is now retired. Somewhere I was told that I can file form SSA-44 and get the penalty reduc...
Ida May Fuller, Social Security's first beneficiary, retired in 1939 and died in 1975. Today, we should all be planning for a retirement that's as long as Ida's....
Budgeting gets a bad rap. But for me, it was never about restriction—it was about clarity. I retired at 42, and budgets were one of the most useful tools that helped me get there. I’m not ...
I became a liquid millionaire at 38 and retired at 42. No one gave me a penny, yet I found many different ways to make money. When I look back on my financial journey, it still surprises me how many d...
I retired at 42. One of the biggest challenges of early retirement is figuring out what to do with your time. Free time is only fun when you know what to do with it. Once the novelty wears off, the ca...
I run into so many people who are retired, and even notice the same on this board, BUT they continue to work for pay in some capacity. They do occasional contract work. They work a few hours a week at...
I retired from my job at the end of March. Ever since then, I've had dreams several times a week about being back at work. It's weird because in the dreams, "work" may or may not resemble my former wo...
Just retired after age 59 (64) two months, ago and my wife and I are truly happy and enjoying it! I was an IT guy for 38 years. Wife and I are both the same age and happily married for 38 1/2 years. P...
I retired four years ago at age 62 on a Friday and the next Monday I started a PT job working two days a week that has to do with my passion (golf). I had a pretty high stressed job, so it's nice not ...
65F single, retired one year and it's going very well. I enjoy hearing here from all the excited people about to start their retirement or are enjoying early retirement but my curiosity is for those w...
Planning retirement? This list might inspire you to include post retirement work. Already retired? You might be choose to return to work. The post The Top 8 Reasons Why People Work in Retirement (4 Ha...
I am new here and will turn 62 at the end of the year. I have a modest state-sponsored pension that pays me $54k/yr since I retired at 55. I would have been laid off with all the others in the program...
Hey everyone! It’s been 2 months since Mrs. RB40 retired from her career. Unfortunately, she is having a tough transition into early retirement. This is a typical experience for many ... Read mo...
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads in this sub! Wishing you an amazing day …. you’ve earned it! Whether you're retired, nearing retirement, or looking forward to it down the road, m...
You may not be able to avoid a market decline when you're newly retired and starting to rely on your nest egg for income, but you can plan for that risk....
My wife and retired last year. My company paid COBRA runs out 2 months before I can apply for Medicare (3 months before birthday). We live 80 / 90% of the time in Greece with local private insurance. ...
Tuesday, June 03 - Monday, June 09, 2025 Most Commented score comments title & link 237 290 comments What have you done for the very first time since you retired? 57 117 comments Stress dreams aft...
Hello, Not retired yet and a ways off, but we're looking at NE TN in the Tri-cities vs the west side of VA from the South to North and in either state as long as it's country and less people per squar...
Get early retirement tips and tricks from people who successfully retired in their 40s and 50s and are thriving now. The post Early Retirement Tips: 28 Strategies, Tricks, and Insider Info from People...
In its Weekend Reading for Financial Planners (June 7-8), Kitces.com and Adam Van Deusen included a link to and summary of our April 28, 2025 Advisor Perspectives article, “Advising a Retired Cl...
I retired at the end of June in 2024 at the age of 62 from my job as a clinical lab scientist at a VA clinic. My last boss was a micromanager who loved to play favorites and blame us more experienced ...
The Wanderer retired from his engineering job at a major Silicon Valley semiconductor company at the age of 33. He ... Read more...