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slash UK slash AI for people. This is Optimal Finance Daily. Before you retire, powerful lessons from

mini-retirement by Chris of Keepthrifty.com.

I can't believe that we're already six months into our one-year mini-retirement.

It feels like just yesterday that I was packing up my belongings at work and at home

as we flipped our life upside down to try something crazy. This mini-retirement has been an

opportunity for me to practice real retirement, and I'm so grateful to have this opportunity.

I've learned some important lessons that will help me down the road when I finally leave the

workforce permanently. No matter where you are on your retirement journey, and whether that's

going to be traditional retirement, early retirement, or a mini-retirement, keep these in mind to help

you make the most of your time. Number one, don't retire from something, retire to something.

Imagine yourself on the first day of your real retirement. You've been looking

forward to getting your time back and now it's finally yours. This is going to be awesome, right?

Okay, so now what? It's common to get really focused on what you won't have to do in retirement,

like commuting and workplace politics. But if your only goal in retirement is to't have to do in retirement, like commuting and workplace politics.

But if your only goal in retirement is to not have to work, you'll probably find yourself

unsatisfied and even bored when you finally get there. It's really important to create a vision

for your retirement so you know what you're retiring too. When we planned our mini retirement, I knew that I had features I wanted to add to the Thrifty app,

a huge list of articles to write, and thoughts on a Keep Thrifty site redesign.

In addition, I wanted to spend more time with Jamie, coffee dates and daytime hikes, and with our girls walking them

to school and volunteering in the classroom.

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