Hi, friends. Welcome to walking is fitness, the podcast. I'm Dave. This week, we're going to talk about

why walking is a great investment in your retirement. Now, let me give you a few facts. I'm not

retired yet. I probably have about four years or so. And as I get

closer to retirement, I'm finding one, I'm finding the topic fascinating. But obviously, there is an

awful lot to retirement that you need to prepare for. So I've been spending

an awful lot of time reading about retirement. I've been listening to podcasts about retirement,

not just retirement, but finances, personal finances, because I want to make sure that I'm doing

everything I can before I retire to get ready. So when that day comes,

I'm prepared. And it looks like we're on track for retirement. I'm 61 right now. So thinking around

65 or so is when I will retire. And I'm learning that there are three components to having a great retirement.

Number one, obviously, is the financial component.

If you don't have the money situation right, you can't retire.

You can't stop working.

You've got to, you essentially have to be financially independent, that you have an

income, that you have enough money so that you don't need to work. And whether that's coming from

Social Security, investments, passive income, side hustles, whatever, you've got to have the financial situation right or you can't retire.

So that's one leg of this three-legged stool and probably the most important,

which is why most of us tend to focus on the money side of things more than these other two legs.

But these other two legs of this three-legged stool to have a successful retirement is very

important.

So number two is purpose.

So you stop working and then what?

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