2919: How Retirement Is Like College (And Why I Love Both) by A Purple Life on Financial Independence & Travel

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2919: In her reflective piece, A Purple Life explores how both retirement and college offered her the ultimate freedom to control her time and activities. She draws parallels between the stillness, constant learning, and community of both phases but concludes that retirement, with the added benefit of financial security and self-direction, is even better than her college days. This comparison highlights the joys of autonomy and a balanced life. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://apurplelife.com/2023/07/11/retirement-is-like-college/ Quotes to ponder: "Now I’ve started doing nothing again in retirement. It was so peaceful." "Learning makes me happy and being able to follow my curiosity wherever it takes me is a wonderful gift." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	How retirement is like College and why I love both.
1:06.0	By A Purple Life of A Purple Life.com
1:10.0	First some background.
1:13.0	Until retirement, my freshman year of college was the best year of my life.
1:18.0	The years after leaving college and before I retired didn't really come close and I was curious to investigate why.
1:26.6	Now in retirement I'm the happiest and healthiest I've ever been.
1:30.8	So let's see why that might be and what retirement and college have in common.
1:36.0	Number one, time is my own.
1:39.0	One of the things that I loved about college is how my time was my own. In college I had
1:45.0	deadlines in classes but I picked when the latter would be. So much so that I
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