Readers response: What’s one thing you wish you had known before retiring?
When it comes time to retire, there are always things we wish we knew first before entering our golden years.
We asked our readers what they wish they knew before retiring, and the response was overwhelming. Here's what they said.
Margaret Walsh - As long as you are fit and active, it's great. Just don't get crook or disabled, it sucks.
Judi Bradshaw - I retired 9 times and kept going back to work as I didn't find myself ready to stop work, but finally retired at 73. Took awhile to adjust but now 75 and full time travellers, just loving life.
Marcus von Moger - How good it was going to be.
Chris Bailey - How boring it is, I’d go back to work in a heartbeat if I could.
Ellen Fowler - That the government would keep changing the rules.
Michael L Carrigg - Just how long it takes dealing with government departments that clearly are understaffed, especially in the front line service areas.
Jim Burgess - Finding reasonably priced accommodation.
Nicol Kyriakidou - That it would be so great! Having the whole day to yourself. Taking it easy, meeting friends, going shopping. Doing everything at your leisure.
Gaye Johnson - You never get a day off!!!
David Brown - How good it is. I should have retired 20 years earlier.
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