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At 69 and several years into retirement, my list is growing faster than I can check things off. It's only a little over a year since I checked off the biggie: find & relocate to the perfect retirement spot. Did that & it's opened up all kinds of stuff.
At 69 and several years into retirement, my list is growing faster than I can check things off. It's only a little over a year since I checked off the biggie: find & relocate to the perfect retirement spot. Did that & it's opened up all kinds of stuff.
New location is not a novelty. It’s a start of a new life. When you are in your 30s you are exploring new locations for fun and something new. In your 60s a retirement relocation is a life decision, which for is this where I am going to die. Harsh language intended. We moved where we are with intent of living for the rest of our lives. We love it here. The thought of dying here makes us smile
We checked a great one off the bucket list a couple weeks ago:
We went to hear Arlo Guthrie sing "Alice's Restaurant" in person!
I saw him a long time ago at Tanglewood--love him!
I think we've done almost everything that we can do. The bucket list wasn't that long but one more trip to England will probably be it. Things are expensive and I would like to concentrate on doing some local things like going to shows and museums, taking art classes. Retirement isn't a bowl of roses; I am caretaker for my cousin with Alzheimer's in that I am her health care proxy and POA. You still have responsibilities and there are still life's problems. The difference is that you finally have the TIME.
At 69 and several years into retirement, my list is growing faster than I can check things off. It's only a little over a year since I checked off the biggie: find & relocate to the perfect retirement spot. Did that & it's opened up all kinds of stuff.
So no.
I'm somewhat in the same spot -- same age and relocated to my dream spot five years ago. My "list" is different now -- I love my new home so much I have less of a desire to leave it. I take short day trips more often than long vacations. There are a lot of new things to see and do close by rather than trek off to far-away places. I've already bagged some of the big things on my to-do list so I don't feel I'm missing all that much. I have a friend who confided much the same feelings after she bought a "perfect" house. She used to go on yoga retreats to exotic places around the world but now is happier staying home.
NYT jumped the gun with this title. The Boomers were born over a 20 year span. If the oldest are in their early 70's, the youngest are in their early 50's. It can be assumed that half are not yet age 62 when many choose to retire.
Plenty of us still in the workforce.
Admittedly, some may have been retired for nearly 20 years but I see them as the outliers.
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