Is Your Retirement Turning Out The Way You Dreamed It Would?

Discussion in 'Retirement & Leisure' started by Babs Hunt, May 14, 2017.

  1. Babs Hunt

    Babs Hunt Supreme Member
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    Awesome! :)
     
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  2. Cody Fousnaugh

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    Gee, I keep telling people, on this forum, just how much enough money can play a huge part in “retirement happiness”.
     
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  3. Neville Telen

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    Yeah, pretty much. I wanted a quiet apartment. Now that the gawd-awful construction across the street has nearly finished I can stay up as late as I want, and sleep as late as I want. Always wanted an air conditioner to protect me from the yearly heatwaves. Check! Wanted to be a recluse and spend lotsa time on the internet. Check! Yeah, pretty much.
     
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  4. Billie Lane

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    I just retired on 9'th July 2018, and I am still " settling in ".
    My plan is to move back home to the Scottish Borders to live but I am taking my time and just enjoying where I am at the moment.
    Being single and with no children i can basically do as I please so i am looking forward to the future as a new beginning.
    As they say, " when one door closes another door opens "
     
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  5. Holly Saunders

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    I retired a year ago.. early retirement caused by health issues... I had never planned to retire but circumstances forced me into it at 62. I would love to return to Scotland where I was born and raised , but my English husband who is still in his 50's and very much still employed needs to be close to work...and further to that, he won't even hear of moving to Scotland, he couldn't stand the generally poor weather
     
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    I haven't retired yet, still working 40 hrs a week.

    Nice part of this is that for once, I can quit at a moments notice if I want.

    Work because I feel I can still contribute something.

    But if things get too much, I have enough income and savings to just walk away.

    So mentally, I feel 'retired'.
     
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