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Message: [QUOTE="jbdphi, post: 4863870, member: 426"] Congrats to you on a big milestone. I’ve been retired for two years now at a relatively young age and agree with a lot of the wisdom shared above. One thing I’d add is that you’ll need to figure out the balance between “enjoying” retirement (ie travel, adventure, mid life crisis toys, etc) and eating into whatever nest egg you’ve created over the years. Needs to be a balance and too many folks tends to go a bit wild early and spend more than they should. Others go the completely opposite direction and don’t spend anything for fear of too much and then don’t enjoy all the free time. As for me, I play golf 2x/week, pickleball 1x/week and baseball 1-2x/week. Keeping some sort of regular schedule has been good (ie golf on Wednesdays and Fridays, etc) so I can plan ahead. I also try to do exercise outside of sports like walking 3-4 miles a few times a week. I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere but since I have kids still in high school, I spend a lot more time with them to get as much in as I can. I also picked up League of Legends to play with my son so we have something to have in common and bond over. It’s been a great ride so far and I have no regrets. The absence of work stress has made life so much more pleasant. [/QUOTE]