Retiring

The night before my last day before retiring

Mar 27 2025

Here I am. I just finished my penultimate day of work. It hasn't been a coast into retirement either, lol. We're trying to get one last software update for our apps released by my last day, by tomorro...

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Just turned 63 and have never considered retiring until 67 - until now!

Mar 21 2025

What a great resource here! I've read through several of the posts and wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I just turned 63 and have always thought I would retire at 67 or later since my position pays well...

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How Financial Advisers Can Build Retiring Clients' Confidence

Mar 18 2025

Financial professionals can help families and individuals plan for a fulfilling future in a shifting retirement space....

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Loneliness a Risk When Retiring Abroad, Says New Study

Mar 17 2025

More Americans want to retire abroad, but loneliness can undermine your happiness and health, even in paradise. Here's how to avoid loneliness abroad....

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Risks

Retiring Without Heirs: Four Options For Your Estate

Mar 08 2025

Just because you don’t anyone to leave your money to doesn’t mean you shouldn’t plan for what happens to your estate when you die....

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Estate

Gave 30 day notice today, when does reality set in?

Mar 07 2025

I gave notice to my boss that I will retiring in 30 days today. How long does it take for the reality to hit that I am winding up my career? I’ve been working in the financial services industry ...

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Your weekly /r/Retirement roundup for the week of February 25 - March 03, 2025

Mar 06 2025

Tuesday, February 25 - Monday, March 03, 2025 Most Commented score comments title & link 277 287 comments Retiring from an organization with no recognition 81 101 comments Looking at new job versu...

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Telling my boss I'm retiring on Thursday. Nervous!

Mar 03 2025

It's finally happening. On Thursday I get an equity grant and will tell my boss that I'm retiring. I have to give 90 days notice. I'm feeling extremely anxious about telling her as I don't know what t...

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Looking at new job versus retiring

Mar 02 2025

I like working, so I am looking at a job 5 minutes from my house, @ 1/2 my pay, good insurance benefits, and none of the work drama, management of people, work pressure and stress I have in my current...

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Listed: Three Homes for Retiring in Portland, Maine

Mar 01 2025

Three real estate listings in Portland, Maine....

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Retiring from an organization with no recognition

Feb 28 2025

I am part of a large number of people in my organization who were offered and accepted a package to "retire" early. I am going to be 61 this year, work had become challenging, the offer was generous a...

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The Six People You Need to Talk with Before Retiring — and the Best Questions to Ask

Feb 27 2025

It takes a team of people to build a great retirement plan. Here are the experts you need to reach out to before you make your big move....

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Retiring Soon? 21 Cities That Are Perfect for Your Golden Years

Feb 26 2025

Retirement sounds like a dream, no alarms, no commutes, just time to enjoy life. But where you live can make or break that dream. Pick the wrong place, and you could end up spending too much, stuck wi...

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Semi-Retiring Abroad: How to Make Your Living Overseas Dream a Reality

Feb 24 2025

Dreaming of retiring overseas without being limited to just one place? Try semi-retiring abroad. What you need to know about visas, taxes and the best countries for expats....

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Lifestyle

How To

Does the stress level go down post-retirement or just change?

Feb 23 2025

I'm retiring in about 7 months (wahoo!) just after I hit 59. Right now at work I'm working on/pushing some major strategic initiatives and training my protege to take over when I leave. It feels like ...

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Feelings of sadness upon retirement

Feb 18 2025

I am retiring at the end of March. It wasn't when I wanted to retire or how I wanted to retire. Effectively my employer is on a staff/cost reduction initiative and I was offered an early retirement. I...

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Early Retirement

17 Powerful Tips for Retiring Alone (Or, If You Become a Solo Senior During Retirement)

Feb 14 2025

Whether by choice or circumstances, there are some challenges to retiring alone. Here are 17 tips for a secure, happy and single retirement. The post 17 Powerful Tips for Retiring Alone (Or, If You Be...

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Phased Retirement: Why Easing Into Retirement Might Be Your Best Move

Feb 14 2025

If retiring cold turkey isn’t for you, consider a phased retirement that lets you scale back at work and ease into retirement before eventually stepping away completely....

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Retiring just shy of 3 years..

Feb 08 2025

We are retiring in a little under 3 years. We have been 100% in equities for 20 years and have a little over $600k over several accounts. We live very frugally and can get by very comfortably on about...

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Retiring - What is A Good Transition Period With Replacement

Feb 05 2025

I work in healthcare administration with a focus on Medicare compliance, value based payment arrangements, revenue forecasting, and budgeting. I am retiring in 9-weeks. I have been in my role for almo...

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Ep 389: Is Your Retirement on Track? Use This Checklist

Feb 04 2025

Another year is upon us and it’s a great time to assess how ready you are for retirement to kick off 2023. If you’re retiring this year, it’s essential to have some concrete answers ...

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Would Enacting the Hoyer/Primus Proposal “Fix” Social Security?

Feb 03 2025

In early January, Social Security’s retiring Chief Actuary, Steve Goss, releasedan actuarial valuation of a proposal intended to improve the solvency of the Social Security trust funds based on ...

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Social Security

Your weekly /r/Retirement roundup for the week of January 21 - January 27, 2025

Jan 31 2025

Tuesday, January 21 - Monday, January 27, 2025 Most Commented score comments title & link 57 132 comments Retiring before your spouse? How did it go? Top Comments score comment 24 /u/roblewk said ...

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Coach Chuck Pagano Is 'Unretiring' — What About You?

Jan 29 2025

Chuck Pagano is joining the Baltimore Ravens after retiring four years ago. Here's what it takes to unretire....

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Retiring at 65 Is ‘Crazy’

Jan 28 2025

Fink says it's time to rethink the traditional retirement age of 65. Baby boomers are partly to blame....

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Should You Take a Loan From Your 401(k) Before Retiring?

Jan 28 2025

You can take a loan from your 401(k) plan if necessary, but it runs the risk of jeopardizing your long-term retirement goals, so make sure to consider your options carefully....

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Retiring before your spouse? How did it go?

Jan 23 2025

I'm likely going to retire 3 to 4 years before my spouse will retire. Various reasons, but this has always been the plan. He is fine with it. Very supportive. I've had a minor taste of this for years ...

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Thinking of retiring earlier than planned

Jan 23 2025

I am 59 and I had planned on working full time until I was 62. However things have recently changed at work and in life that is leading me to rethink my plan and retire next year. I am a little worrie...

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I need help deciding where to retire

Jan 22 2025

Just turned 64M. I plan on retiring in September. I’ve lived in Tallahassee Fl for 22 years. My wife passed away December 23’ and I just think it would be easier for me to continue on in a...

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Oliver Burkeman on the Surprising Benefits of Being Less Productive (and Potentially Retiring Earlier)

Jan 17 2025

Explore how redefining your relationship with productivity can lead to a more meaningful and fulfilling life and perhaps an earlier retirement. The post Oliver Burkeman on the Surprising Benefits of B...

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Five Signs It's Time to Retire in 2025

Jan 16 2025

If any of these signs ring true, retiring in 2025 may be in your cards....

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Silver sneakers program: feedback sought

Jan 06 2025

Happy retirement, all. My husband is retiring in May at 65.5 yrs (so on Medicare) and with our institutional healthcare plan, which happens to be an Advantage plan (Humana, it's negotiated by our stat...

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Did you celebrate retiring? If so, how?

Jan 04 2025

Today is my first real day of retirement (yesterday being a holiday). I suggested to my wife that a great way to celebrate would be to spend 3-4 days in Orlando, and get away from this cold front that...

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Where to Retire 2025: Puerto Rico

Jan 01 2025

Thinking of retiring in Puerto Rico? Beach-loving retirees can look to the Caribbean for a scenic and sunny U.S. island to call their new home....

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Real Estate

Retiring Single with Tanya Nichols, CFP

Jan 01 2025

? Show Notes Welcome to 2025! In this episode, we kick off the new year with Tanya Nichols from Align Financial to discuss the unique considerations of retiring single with no children. As part of our...

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Adjusting to retirement after a non-traditional schedule?

Dec 28 2024

If you worked a non-traditional schedule before retiring, do you have any suggestions for adjustment to retirement life. Husband just retired from the airline industry. For over 43 years, he's been wo...

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Alicia Munnell, Founder of a Retirement Research Hub, Is Retiring

Dec 27 2024

Alicia Munnell started the Boston College Center for Retirement Research in 1998. As she prepares to leave, she says fixing Social Security should be a priority now....

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Retiring in a large home - Good idea or not?

Dec 25 2024

Greetings all, I’m curious to hear everyone’s thoughts on the following. My wife and I are still several years away from retirement, her about 5 and 10 myself. Even though the ‘big d...

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Real Estate

Retiring with a younger spouse

Dec 24 2024

Well, finally coming up on retirement from a corporate sales job after more than thirty years. Getting Medicare at the start of 65th birthday month was the key to my decision. Younger wife (10 years) ...

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Retiring from Farming is Complex and Not Always Planned

Dec 20 2024

The decision to retire is complex enough. But throw a family farm into the mix and it introduces a host of issues most people never think about. How long will the farmer be physically capable of doing...

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Most Common Retiree Fears

Dec 18 2024

Physicians have a strange relationship with retiring. Because medical professionals tend to have a later start to their careers, they ... Read more...

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What are you doing with your taxable funds?

Dec 14 2024

I’m retiring in a few weeks, and we’ll have enough in our taxable (brokerage) account to cover 3-4 years. I decided to keep about a year’s expenses in a HYSA, and put the rest in a t...

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Expenses

A Checklist for Retiring in 2025

Dec 12 2024

Navigating the final stretch of your professional career can be daunting. We've compiled a checklist to help you put your best foot forward into retirement....

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Seek retirement scheduler planner

Dec 09 2024

Planning on retiring in next few years. Is there some planner or scheduler in USA that lets me write down what steps I need to do when? Eg. Know I need to stop HSA contribution 6 mts before. When do I...

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Hsa

Taking unemployment before retiring?

Dec 06 2024

I (64M) am thinking about retiring. Still working now and want to keep my job as long as I can (or 67 whichever comes first). But ageism is real and I may get laid off. If I get laid off, can I take u...

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Dealing with "retirement guilt?"

Nov 23 2024

I'm struggling a bit with something and wonder whether others have too. I guess it feels like a certain guilty feeling as I think about retiring. I'm in higher education and have been teaching full-ti...

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Advice - moderate savings, hopefully 3 years to go, wife retiring 6 years later

Nov 19 2024

Hello there. Age 64 now and would like to retire @ 67. Have about $375K in 401K plus $85K in my wife's 401ak but she is 8 years younger and plans tonwork to 65 before retiring herself. Musts before I ...

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Savings

Why am I so nervous about retiring soon?

Nov 16 2024

I’m 60, turning 61 soon. Financially, I think we’re (60 wife) in solid shape, but I’m a nervous wreck about telling my boss I’m retiring. We have $1.5m in our IRAs, $1.7m in af...

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Retiring away from Mom and son

Nov 14 2024

Looking for some advice and perspective from this wise group of people. Here's the story so far... My wife and I have worked in tech and done well enough for ourselves. During COVID, she went through ...

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