Quick Read: 10 Rules for a Happy Retirement

[DrRoy]

We haven't stopped acquiring stuff yet. DW and I both like to add the occasional piece of art that we come across for our enjoyment at home, and I also add to the rock and mineral collection.

 

[old medic]

I never enjoyed getting stuck in traffic -

We have gotten dead stopped stuck twice due to wrecks... Had a blast pulled out chairs, banjo and once the grill and cooler...

 

[folivier]

I agree with others: retire to something, but let your plans be flexible.
We retired to travel, spent the last 10 years seeing the country in our RV, mostly the west. Then bought a mountain cabin and are enjoying that immensely in the summer and couple months in the winter. We're more active there and have made great friends.

 

[MarieIG]

We have gotten dead stopped stuck twice due to wrecks... Had a blast pulled out chairs, banjo and once the grill and cooler...

It's been a long time since I've heard a banjo in person - and never, ever, in a traffic jam. I need to get out more . . .

 

[Dreamer]

We have gotten dead stopped stuck twice due to wrecks... Had a blast pulled out chairs, banjo and once the grill and cooler...

I like how you roll!

 

[pacergal]

We have gotten dead stopped stuck twice due to wrecks... Had a blast pulled out chairs, banjo and once the grill and cooler...

If I had to be stopped in traffic, that's the kind of back up I want to be a part of!

 

[Chuckanut]

Sometimes the things we “retire to” are simple ones like peace, quiet, lower blood pressure, less aggravation, and greater control over one’s time.

 

[Amethyst]

One can never have too much art and pretty rocks!

We haven't stopped acquiring stuff yet. DW and I both like to add the occasional piece of art that we come across for our enjoyment at home, and I also add to the rock and mineral collection.

 

[jollystomper]

The "rules" make sense to me. I can see aspects of my joyful retirement reflected in them. Many of them I thought about before retiring, or were a motivation for retiring, so that has certainly helped .