Now That You Happily Retired Do You Have Any Regrets Looking Back?

treeguy64 said:
I never retired because I have been self-employed most of my life. I changed professions, occasionally, but I'm always ready to work in any of my past gigs, if the spirit so moves me. I'll keep working, here and there, until I'm unable to move. I regret not buying DELL, at $7/share (from a local boy who would soon hit it big), in the very beginning, when I had a chance to. Had I bought a thousand shares, pre-splits, and sold at $108, I would have made over a million. Oh well.
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treeguy64, my husband used to say the same thing about Starbucks and who would have thought the idea of buying coffee would be as it is today? He was forever sorry about not buying in when it was offered.
 

Getyoung said:
No regrets, been retired for two years now and I still pinch myself (only once a day now)! Sometimes if I feel a little bored, which is not very often, I just think back to the mind numbing meetings, politics, deadlines, etc, and I am instantly cured. It has exceeded my expectations and I just love the freedom!
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Getyoung, " It has exceeded my expectations" I can tell you came from the corporate environment :) I can't count the number of times I have seen that expression used at my work. Still a couple of years to go for me. I can't wait!
 
i retired at 62 to take care of my new grand son---we couldnt fine a good baby sitter for him --i took care of him till his mom got out of work then i got a part time job worked part time till i hit 74 then retired for good
 

Not one regret what so ever. I will admit I didn't realize my wife would become my retirement 'boss,' I should have though because she's always pretty much been in charge, so it wasn't really that much of a surprise. I took to retirement like a fish to water, I pretty much figured I would. It is wonderful but I realize some people aren't cut out for it. I guess some need the work type routine and I say more power to them. The wife will be retiring in the new year (2019), being together 24/7 may prove to be, um, interesting :D. Don...
 
Yes, I'm learning I can't retire when I wanted. Not because of personal circomstances but of having to stay in place due to my stepfather and a verbally abusive, manipulative, refusing to help brother with a personality disorder.
 
I'm not sure if the question is looking back at retirement years with regret or looking back at life in general with regret. As they say, regret gets you nowhere. but certainly looking back with hindsight and just having lived life all these years there are certainly lots of things I would have done differently. I also have to question how does one define "happy"?
 
Olivia said:
I'm not sure if the question is looking back at retirement years with regret or looking back at life in general with regret. As they say, regret gets you nowhere. but certainly looking back with hindsight and just having lived life all these years there are certainly lots of things I would have done differently. I also have to question how does one define "happy"?
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One way is whether you look in the mirror and say, "I'm glad I'm him" or look at another person and say, "I wish I was him".
 
Samantha said:
Only that we didn't re-locate earlier. Once we moved, we felt retired. Living where you'd love to vacation can be the trick
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That's exactly what we are doing. Our last day at our jobs will be 12-31-2018. We will load the UHaul on 1-14-2019, clean our apartment we have been in for a year since selling our home and hit the road early morning on January 15 headed to our new, mortgage free, retirement home 500+ miles away. BTW, we have hired crews to load and unload the UHaul. I am not doing that anymore. :)
 
hiraeth2018 said:
treeguy64, my husband used to say the same thing about Starbucks and who would have thought the idea of buying coffee would be as it is today? He was forever sorry about not buying in when it was offered.
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When the CEO of Starbucks was on "60 Minutes" he asked Steve Kroft if he would have invested $10,000 in a company that wanted to sell expensive coffee in paper cups. Steve said "no". He said "I heard that a lot". When Steve asked he was told that the ten grand would now be worth about 4M.
 
That's great to read

Leann said:
I technically retired three years ago but continue to do contract work periodically. I love this time of life (I'm soon to be 63). I have clearer perspective, more reasonable expectations, greater forgiveness, deeper appreciation and more peace of mind the older I get. I savor each day, I notice the little details now, I put almost no emphasis on purchased things but treasure things made by hand from the heart. I dropped out of the work rat race, gave up materialism a long time ago and prefer quality over quantity.
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I am close to retirement and love reading this!
 
hypochondriac said:
ive retired mentally from a serious career. i cant handle much stress any more. Ambition is not for me. Problem is im not rich enough to fully retire. i envy people who can handle pressure work hard then enjoy their well earned retirement.
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I’m not rich but it’s worth living on a very small income to be away from all the drama! My health is finally returning. 😎
 
I've been retired 30+ years and have never regretted retiring. I do regret a few of the decisions I made during my working years but, all in all, I think I usually did the best I could given the circumstances.
 
hypochondriac said:
I regret not buying honey yesterday. The toast i had for breakfast was nice but lacked something.
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me exactly! only I forgot the Nutella!

I have a funny outlook. I don't believe in regrets. I believe things happen for a reason. So I don't have any regrets. (It wouldn't have been horrible to not have been married to husband #2, but we did have a couple of nice boys)
 

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