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Curious if anyone who retired or thinking of it with kids still in school? We are older parents (59, 53) with middle school child. We both plan to retire from full time careers to opportunities of par...
We’re recently retired with more than sufficient savings to fund our retirement. We’ve decided to self-fund our Long Term Care from our savings. I’m trying to decide whether or not t...
Has anyone consulted for their company after they retired? Did you create your own company to work as a consultant, or were you a part-time employee of the company? My current manager and others are r...
Thoughts on developing interests after retirement I’m not retired, but working hard to be. My wife and I are currently 55 and m looking at 4-6 more years. I have a retirement planning notebook w...
Hi all, I retired from Tech 3 months ago, and I'm having a total blast - but there was one thing that has developed that I didn't expect. My job was SUPER intense and very high stress, and I HATED the...
If you're retired and you've checked with your financial planner that life insurance is no longer vital, here are five ways you can turn it to your advantage....
The next president and Congress will need to tackle the financial challenges facing Social Security if we’re going to avert a sharp cut in benefits to the 68 million retired or disabled American...
We are a newly retired couple. This years we started our first ever slow travel trip, six months of travel through Australia, Vietnam, Singapore, London, Spain. We are from Australia, currently live i...
I'm 66, my wife is 63. We're both semi-retired. I've spent SO much time in the last few years about figuring out how long our retirement savings will last. Yesterday she (a non-smoker) was diagnosed w...
Now that I’m retired, I love sitting down every month with the latest Atlantic magazine and reading it cover to cover. I rarely had a block of time for such things when I was working—I&rsq...
Are real estate investment trust (REIT) ETFs a good way for Leon to begin investing in real estate? Can AI Seth stay retired at age 52, and should he do Roth conversions? Jenn in Ohio wants the fellas...
In this website, we encourage retired households to periodically (generally annually) compare the present value of their assets with the present value of their spending liabilities to determine a snap...
This guest post is by Vaughn, a long-time Financial Samurai reader who retired at 44 and is now 55. Vaughn's early retirement was driven by necessity rather than choice due to a congenital bone diseas...
I’m new in retirement. Retired at 64. When I look at the week ahead and know I will be away for two hours for volunteering, and two hours for book club, and time for exercise classes I feel so G...
What’s the thing I like most about being semi-retired (and will LOVE when I can afford to fully retire)? Time. I am no longer speeding and tailgating. I can wait in a checkout line without strai...
I just retired and I have just signed up for Medicare Part B. Since I was working when I became eligible for Part A, I signed up for Part B well after Part A. I signed up to coincide with my retiremen...
Retired a few months now from teaching. We also built a new house that has a covered porch...my absolute favorite part. We are in the Northeast and the fall weather has been lovely, so I sit outside a...
According to a recent Cerulli study, more than half of retired 401(k) participants say Social Security is their primary source of income. At the same time, only 6% of millennials predict they will rel...
I'm retired, husband will be retiring in about 2 years. We are planning to sell our large, Midwestern home and move out west into a smaller house when he does. If we don't go crazy we can pay cash for...
For many, early retirement feels like the ultimate goal. More time with family, pursuing hobbies, and saying goodbye to the daily grind. When I retired early, I imagined relaxation, adventure, and mor...
There are two things most financially-conscience people aspire to: retiring rich or retiring early. But which is better? Many people who haven't retired believe early retirement sounds fantastic, espe...
My partner and I are both retired and have lived in our current home in central Texas since 1986 - new build (partner purchased the home two months before we met). House is a two story in a fully deve...
Patrick and Mary will soon both be retired. They are curious about what their withdrawal strategy should be as they balance various retirement accounts, including a pension, IRAs, and a brokerage acco...
Chris has been retired for a little over a year while his wife has continued to work. Now that Chris has “tried on” retirement and found the fit good, his wife will likely join him within ...
David has a question about taxes in retirement: When you’re retired and no longer getting a regular paycheck from which your employer withheld tax payments on your behalf, how do you estimate th...
I'm counting down to retirement on 9/1/25, and my wife (retired 5 years ago and loving it) sent me this nugget today. A retired person is a jùbilado/a. I just love this, with its connotation of...
The wife and I are wrapping up careers and plan to be completely retired by early November. While it’s a little intimidating, it’s also very exciting. It felt great last week when I starte...
I retired a month ago, almost 70, from a profession I loved. I just felt it was time, work was crazy busy and had become stressful for the past year. I wanted to leave on my terms and at the top of my...
I am not experiencing this personally nor is anyone taking care of me, but it does come up in conversations within my friend circle. Many months back a retired member of r/retirement shared a comment ...
Fritz, who has been retired for 6 years, discusses his journey to retirement and the importance of purpose, planning, and health. The post Podcast, Episode 85: Intentional Retirement Living with Fritz...
70 year old, Retired 6/2022, but still. have opportunities to work for $65/hour as much as I want to. Wife tells me I need to quit, but I like the extra $1000 -$ 1500 per month for the 20-25 hours I w...
I'm a few months into retirement, my wife is still working till next June. One of the things we're trying to do--and were starting before I retired--is transitioning our spending on routine items away...
I'm curious about your decision to reduce the number of cars, especially if you're a retired couple and you reduced the number of cars to one (or even zero). What went into that decision? What was the...
When I started blogging, I often lamented that I didn’t learn about FIRE when I was in my 20s. I could have saved more and retired from my engineering career ... Read more The post Young People ...
Golf is a great game for people of all ages and it is definitely something to look into if you are retired and find yourself with some extra time. A lot of retired people find it as a great hobby to k...
I retired and 62, and filed and started receiving social security. I recently had a great job opportunity and decided to “un-retire”, and filed a form SSA-521 to withdraw my social securit...
When I retired at 42 in 2021, I discovered the concept of Financial Independence Retire Early, also known as FIRE. Even though I had already reached financial freedom, understanding the mindset behind...
So. I am 61. I’m not even full-time retired, I’m part-time since February! Yes, I’m moving around much less. But a good friend told me that I’m fat and I need to lose weight. I...
I retired in my late 50s as the university I was working for here in the UK had massive financial problems. They offered buyouts, so I took one...the alternative was taking a pay cut and having many m...
I am newly retired (June 1 2024), so am still figuring it out. I am the 3rd generation owner of a 'camp' in Maine, by inheritance. It is only useable about 3-4 months a year, roughly mid-May to mid-Se...
I've been retired a couple of years now, my wife about a year. We recently bought a new car. In talking with our insurance guy, he recommends we get a Personal Liability Umbrella Policy. It would cove...
How do you decide when you've had enough? I honestly don't think I will be any worse off financially retired than I am working. My job is support staff for a school and I have always worked part time....
I'm coming up on 3 months retired, and so far, so good! I'd like to look back, though, on the last 10 years. 10 years ago, in the fall of 2014, I had a plan. My wife and I were both 56 years old. Our ...
My husband (66) will be retiring next May. I (60) am already retired. We signed on with a financial advisor a few months ago and we are working to set things up optimally for us. Recently, our financi...
1 - Spent Christmas 2019 in Florida with a retired sister in law. Watched her spend her days attending social events and figuring out where she was dining in the evenings. I note that I could get used...
I am semi-retired now, down to working two days a week. When I worked full time and on the days I still work, I was/am mentally exhausted and just watch tv. I’ve found on my ‘retired&rsquo...
Chris has been retired for a little over a year while his wife has continued to work. Now that Chris has “tried on” retirement and found the fit good, his wife will likely join him within ...
In 2021, shortly before I retired, I found myself on a run with a friend who has always been a source of inspiration to me. We are the same age, but while I was preparing to leave behind the structure...
These retirement savings accounts, which are often pitched to young investors, can be a good option for older and retired workers....
Now that I'm retired I decided to go on a bus trip for a week with a friend as I have never been on one before. My friend has, and talked about bringing books and magazines for us to read on the bus (...