Besides low stress, financial security, and health, what are (or will be) the focus/goals of your retirement? (supplement, spouse)

[katharsis]

I think that everyone wants to be as healthy and live as independently as possible, have financial security, and have as little stress as possible, so leaving those things aside, what else is very important -- or do you think will be very important-- to you in retirement?

I don't want to limit the answers in any way, but here are some suggestions that are important to some people (feel free to add your own):

- Family/Friends
- Living with a Spouse, Life Partner, Roommate/Best Friend, or Close Family Member
- Continuing to Work (paid job or volunteer)
- Creative Pursuits or Hobbies (be specific, please)
- Religion/Spirituality
- Mental Stimulation
- Physical Exercise (walking/hiking, going to the gym, golf, or whatever)
- Travel
- Pets and/or animals in general

(Please list as many as apply to you.)

[BumbleBeeHunter]

-Health. breathe easier due to cleaner air
-Friends. plenty of outdoorsy types to do things with
-Healthier "entertainment" options. Hiking club for example
-Nature. Living within the animals, birds, etc seen from the front porch
-Able to have a small side business
-Live in a small town where the pace is slower
-Mountains, lakes, rivers abound
-Live within a National Forest or somewhere recreation oriented.
-Quieter so we can sleep
-Better Cycling. Harder workouts. Higher elevations closeby to tackle
-Cleaner water
-Able to volunteer in a volunteer oriented community
-Nicer home for the $$
-prefer fast internet
- Bare minimum of a few restaurants, gas station, post office, and a store within a 5 min drive. Not necessarily open all year
-prefer access to medical services nearby
-prefer a longer growing season
-Inexpensive places nearby to travel for a weekend getaway
-Seasonal jobs within walking distance preferably where they actually hire local Seniors. Ability to supplement SS if necessary






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[NewbieHere]

Main goal is everybody in my family to stay healthy. Next is to do more travelling. My feeling is so many places to see, so little time. Next is I get to paint more of my travel pictures, again it’s so many pictures I want to paint and so little time. Somehow, my husband and I are so busy doing things for our house, we wonder how did we manage to work and do all these things before.

[Mr5150]

The OP list is interesting. Been retired for over two years and it took me a while to figure my new life out. Never had a desire to travel. But my focus is on relationships. God and people. My music-flute, sax and mandolin. Dealing with a nondisabling health issue. We live a mile from a national forest so outdoor activities are a focus. Hike,bike ski. Figuring how to connect with my community.

[TattedCOdude]

Planning to retire in under 7 years. I want to be able to exercise, ride bicycle, etc. on my timeline and not squeeze it in after a long day. Traveled all over the Mediterranean and Africa in the Navy so now want to go see some other places...Asia, Scandinavia, N. Europe. I'll probly buy another motorcycle to tour around the US as well. Had a fairly serious accident a few years ago but came out of it ok; vowed I wouldn't ride again during my working life...but I still love being in the wind. Have never been musically inclined but would love to learn the guitar so I might take some lessons. Been working since I was 13 so plan on doing a whole lot of chillin' and take what comes each day.

[beer belly]

My number one goal is to spend some quality time with the Wife, and hope to travel more. As it is, as of today, for the past 17 years, I work second shift and other than weekends, see her 20 minutes a day. I will likely go another 7-8 years to keep her covered under my Health Insurance, but definitely looking forward to spending more time with the woman I've loved for 39 years....everything else is secondary.

[MichiganGreg]

I have a huge list to things we want to do, but for me, I have an overriding near-term goal for now. I expect this to take about two years start to finish, but the goal is to produce a full CD of my own music, mastered in my own studio, playing all the instruments on it- except drums (I have Hydrogen for that, apologies to MathJak, and yes, I know, I know). I have already started phase 1, and am recording/re-recording early tracks to learn and master the mix-down capabilities of my studio software. Wife is a music lover, and is totally on-board with this, so it works well for us.

[TheShadow]

Having lots of fun.

[Serious Conversation]

Set and setting. I don't want to live in an environment I find depressing. I want to live in a place that makes me smile every day.

[rocafeller05]

To find temperatures above 70 degrees from Nov to April !!!