Welcome to the early retirement show. If you are a long time listener, thank you. And if you are new to the show, as a reminder, this show is dedicated to helping you retire early, otherwise known as the show dedicated to helping you understand what you have to do to be in a position where you are financially free, where work is now optional. So whether you are a few years out from retirement and you just want to know everything to prepare

for that big date or you're new in your journey and you want to get a head start on maximizing

what you've worked so hard for throughout your life, this is the show for you.

So we discuss everything from investments to

taxes to insurance and everything that comes in between. So without further ado, let's go ahead

and hop into today's episode. Today's episode is a fun one and it's about the most fulfilling

activities in retirement. Now this is a list compiled from just conversations

that I've had with clients, what they find the most joy in, what they think retirement is

going to be like, and then what retirement is actually like, which are two very different things.

And of course, there's the mindset shift in retirement, which is you've been working for 20, 30, 40 years.

Now, all of a sudden, you are spending, there's no longer a paycheck coming in, although there's one that might be replicated from investments or a pension or social security.

However, now you are spending the fruits of your labor, and it doesn't just occur overnight where that feels okay.

So there's the mindset shift in retirement. And then there's also the, hey, what are we going to be

spending our time doing? And so this list, once again, from conversations that I've had with

clients, from conversations that I've been on, from conferences I've been to, just everything

retirement planning based is what we're going to be talking about today. And the investment side,

the tax piece, all of that, I have tons of different episodes on that, almost 100 at this point,

getting up there. And I wanted to have a little bit of a shift today

to just some fun things and fun fulfilling retirement activities. So number one, I like to just

start with travel and travel that's often a bucket list item for retirees. They're looking forward

to traveling and some people have very specific goals, whether it's, I want to travel four times per year, and I know what that's going to cost. Other people say, hey, I have no idea. What should I be planning on? And so international travel. If that's really something you're excited about, wonderful. Don't view it as, oh, that's going to cost

a whole lot of money. Almost take the money aside for a second and say, can I dream? Let's dream first

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