What the Happiest and Unhappiest Retirees Know Story

What the Happiest and Unhappiest Retirees Know

It’s always nice to know where you’re heading, and what experiences people arriving before you have had on their journey.

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Retirement is certainly no exception to this rule. Learning from the happiest retirees can inform your decision making and planning.

You Might Be An Unhappy Retiree If…

When I see an expensive car I simply laugh inside, knowing that odds are the person is paying a fortune for it when they probably should be saving more.

I wasn’t keyed up about my investments on the way to retirement and I’m certainly not going to get keyed up in retirement.

Our kids both live in our city — 15 minutes or so from us. We see our daughter and son-in-law at least once a week if not several times and see our son once a month or so.

Sometimes the bird flies out of the nest like a rocket (like our daughter did). Sometimes you have to push them out of the nest.

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