What's the worst piece and the best piece of retirement advice you've ever received?

StarSong said:
Google translation (Chinese):
Retirement can have different meanings and expectations for everyone. Some people may want to enjoy more leisure time in retirement, pursuing their hobbies and spending time with family and friends. Others may wish to continue working in some form and maintain an active and meaningful life.

Regarding the relationship between making more money and living longer, research shows a correlation between financial status and health and longevity. Higher economic levels provide better health care and living conditions

It's important to balance work and personal life and make decisions based on your values and goals. Everyone has different situations and preferences about retiring and making more money.
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Thank you for taking the time to translate this Star. Perhaps "Officer" reported the post because she hadn't seen that you translated it (yet).
 

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StarSong said:
Looks like she's gone anyway.
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Star, IMO when someone joins the forum whose language is not English, it should be up to them to find the translation and post it, not other forum members. I think it's kind of rude to post in another language when it's obvious this forum's language is English. Giving the benefit of the doubt, I thought maybe [she] just didn't know any better. But if one is old enough to join a forum for seniors, one should know better.
@officerripley
 
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OneEyedDiva said:
Star, IMO when someone joins the forum whose language is not English, it should be up to them to find the translation and post it, not other forum members. I think it's kind of rude to post in another language when it's obvious this forum's language is English. Giving the benefit of the doubt, I thought maybe [she] just didn't know any better. But if one is old enough to join a forum for seniors, one should know better.
@officerripley
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I figured she might not realize her post wouldn't be automatically translated to English, especially since she only had the single post.
 
Best: Visited a postal patron after she had a mild stroke at age 105. She said "when I moved from a five bedroom house to a one bedroom apt it was so stressful, what to keep, what to give away etc. All that stress and all that worry and THIS is what we all wind up with: a bed, a dresser, a TV and a chair". It was our mantra when we retired
Worst: Move south, which we did and sorely regreted it. We were lucky and were able to move back to Indiana without losing any money.
 
BEST advice was to check into retirement forums like this one.
WORST advice was that you will never have enough money
amassed to retire, so keep piling up dollars so the brokerage
house can have a lot more of your money!
 
DGM said:
Best: Visited a postal patron after she had a mild stroke at age 105. She said "when I moved from a five bedroom house to a one bedroom apt it was so stressful, what to keep, what to give away etc. All that stress and all that worry and THIS is what we all wind up with: a bed, a dresser, a TV and a chair". It was our mantra when we retired
Worst: Move south, which we did and sorely regreted it. We were lucky and were able to move back to Indiana without losing any money.
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I like that. Heard that "all you need in life is a good pair of shoes, and a good mattress. If you're not in one,
you're in the other".
 
Naturally said:
I asked my mom should I start social security at 62 or wait until later. She said 62.
I still don't know if that was good or bad, but it's what I did and would probably do again.
Retired on a military pension when I was 53. So far so good and been over 17yrs.
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Another vote here for 62. Wife and I both.
Blind luck, too.
She only lived to 66. Sjogren's Syndrome is a bad thing! :cry::mad:
 

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