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Thanks for the links everyone. Luckily, I have plenty of time to figure this out before I actually will be retiring.

I am currently 60 and plan to retire within the next 1-2 years. When I do retire, I am at a loss as to what order I should begin withdrawing funds from my various accounts. Hopefully, most of the withdrawals should be interest/gains and little principal, dependent on how the market behaves but...

I was looking more for general retirement info. on a broad range of topics. While I'm not opposed to being frugal, I'm already a big enough miser in day to day life without any further encouragement ;D

Thanks all. Lots of good suggestions I will check out. The vast majority of which I am not familiar with so I look forward to exploring those.

Hi all, Since I'm planning of retiring next year I would like to spend the next year or so educating myself on all things about retirement. Of course FIRE is currently my #1 site for information and I've learned a lot here but I would like to expand my resources to be more comprehensive. So...

Although I can't speak to your specific condition, I suffered from acute pancreatitis on two occasions 27 years ago and can say without a doubt it was the most painful experience of my life so I partially know what you went through (without the GB surgery). I seriously thought I was going to die...

Thanks again for all the replies to my OP. Both my SallieMae and Citi Double Cash cards are setup and ready to go so I'm already saving 5% on groceries + gas and 2% on everything thing else. From somebody who has paid cash for almost everything for the last few decades it is quite a change but...

I double checked and was wrong about my CU. They provide bill pay for free but charge a fee for "expedited" payments, whatever that means. So this will be an option for me. I kind of like the plan of having my statements delivered electronically so it forces me to pay attention to what is...

This is an interesting question and one I find myself asking as I approach retirement. About 2 1/2 years ago when things were slow at work I volunteered to temporarily cut back to 4 day weeks - 9 hours/day which is considered part time in my business. Well, one thing lead to another and it...

Wow. A lot of great replies. Thanks everyone. I know my CU offers bill pay but I think they charge for it but will have to check to be sure. When the cards get here I will look at the websites for the issuers and see if they offer automatic payments from my CU account. I didn't know that was...

Hi all, This is going to be a really dumb question so bear with me please. I am planning on retiring next year at 60 or 61 and am in the process of trying to get my living expenses reduced as much as possible (which I should have done long ago). In reading through some of the threads here it...