5 Things We Wished We Knew BEFORE Retirement
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Today, we share 5 things we wished we knew before retirement. Whether you are GenX, Baby Boomers or other, we all want to make retirement fulfilling, what to do in retirement and how to retire happy. We give our retirement advice from the perspective of things we wished we knew before retirement because now we know things happy retirees do well.
We discuss it is okay to make big changes in your retirement, how to make retirement fulfilling by retiring with a purpose, spousal alignment, retirement travel, downsizing, frugal living and how precious life can be.
We also discuss the Chris Stapleton Starting Over lyrics. This song has become our retirement theme song and be sure to check out the link below.
We hope you enjoy the start of our 9-month European adventure and also go back and check out our adventures in Central America and seeing all 50 states during our Airstream journey across America.
Please join us for a 10-year journey and world travel vlog. This is our retirement and we wanted to retire early and see the world. Perhaps our world travel will give some ideas on what to do after retirement and where to travel in 2022. As older travel vloggers, we have different perspectives as we show you where to visit in 2022 and give you our experiences as we travel the world and show you where to travel now. This is our retirement and we want to share it with you.
We hope you will subscribe, join us on our adventure, give us some likes and send us comments and suggestions. It means so much. Thank you and hope everyone has a wonderful travel 2022.
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As the retirement travelers, we have always dreamed of traveling, but we never in a million years thought we would become travel vloggers and start a TH-cam channel. But, that is what we did! We work hard every day to become better and create something that others will enjoy. Having a community of friends, old and new, follow our journey is fun and exciting to us.
In 2019, we achieved our goal of visiting every state in the union in our Airstream. We also visited every national park in the lower 48. We are big believers in lists, so of course we plan to see the remaining 12 parks in the next few years.
In 2021, we made the big decision to extreme downsize to just a suitcase and a small backpack, each. We started our journey around the world beginning in Central America. We hope that over the next ten years, we will have seen many beautiful things, made many memories and new friends, and shared the experience with our children and grandchildren.
We hope you enjoy the journey with us. Drop us a note in the comments and be sure to hit subscribe! 🗺 🎥 🌮
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Although we tend to focus on the financial planning for retirement, there are several very important non-financial aspects of retirement living that we touch on today. We hope you enjoy the video and also join us for our world travel vlogging adventures each week. John and Bev
Retirement is wonderful if you have two essentials - much to live on and much to live for. Invest wisely and get good returns.
thank you, can you give a pointer the best investment now ? i am thinking of getting stocks or cryto
The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them. An important key to investing is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets. get a financial assistant
I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity and cryto. Can you give a pointer ?
I currently work with KATRINA VANRENSUM a financial expert i met in a seminar
I recently watched KATRINA VANRENSUM on TV , such a great speaker . but have you made any profit whatsoever working with her ?
I travel without my spouse, because he doesn’t want to go…I do, so I go! Live is too short! Live it!
Thanks and you are so right that life is short. Hope you enjoy our journey around the world. Safe travels, John and Bev
Love the list. My advice, “retire to something not from something”. It’s included in your list but more catchy and repeatable I believe.
Thanks Joe. That is catchy and something we do believe. Loving Greece and Italy! John and Bev
Thank you Joe. Love your channel by the way!
From H.H
I retired from full time surgeon at 65, then picked Per Diem Surgeon and Locum surgeon work ever since. Fully agreed with “Purposeful life” while serving the rural areas.
Well done. We love hearing stories like this. John and Bev
You guys are awesome! Such an important message. When I was 17 I started working in a medical office and many of my patients were in their 70's and beyond. Several of them told me, "Don't wait! Do what you want to do now, when you are young!" This seemed like great wisdom that was being shared with me and I did not take it for granted. So I took their advice. My whole adult life has been peppered with "mini-retirements". One of my mini-retirements was spent driving through Mexico in my early 30's. I was blown away by happy the people were even though so many of them had so very little in material wealth. It was a big aha moment for sure. Things do not, cannot, make you happy! I'm now 64, just newly out of semi-retirement (from 58-63) for an enticing full-time work opportunity i could not refuse. My family thinks I'm nuts. But I am certain that when I reach the end of this lifetime, I will not look back with regret. Playing it safe is not a good use of the precious time on this beautiful blue orb. Thank you for sharing your wisdom! You are a gift to many I am sure! I love watching you two. ♥
Thanks so much for the kind words. Our life is short, so no regrets. Best of luck with your endeavors and keep living life to the fullest.
Many blessings,
John and Bev
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I love your videos, and your sound advice! My wife and I retired 6 years ago at 60 (me) & 58 (her). We had downsized and simplified in preparation. Our home is our base of operations, but we have since taught English in China for 3 semesters, did volunteer work for 18 months in Ecuador, led multiple humanitarian expeditions around the world, and are now traveling the world for fun in 4-7 week stints, with 6-10 weeks home with family. It works for us. Find what works for you, but go for it!
Wow, great story. Thanks for sharing! Glad you are enjoying our channel and website.
Happy journeys,
John and Bev
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After our last child left for college, we were on a plane to Italy. Amazing trip. We watched older people struggle on steps, roads, etc. We agreed that when you could financially afford to travel, you often could not physically.
We have been traveling frequently since. We are also in our 50’s.
Great that you are out traveling while you are still young. Enjoy and keep exploring. Hope you are enjoying our channel.
Safe travels,
John and Bev
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@@RetirementTravelers we sure are ... my husband watches with me!
Hope to make it to 60-62, then retire.
I agree my spouse won't go with me. First he has health issues. He has difficulty walking. I'm up and ready to go. I do visit relatives. I just feel bad we can not travel together now. Thank you for your videos. I'm with you!.
I’m a HUGE fan of downsizing and decluttering!!! It is so liberating 🙌
Very liberating!! We can’t imagine going back. John and Bev
Tomorrow is my first day of retirement (I'm 63). Thanks for this channel and the good advice and inspiration!
Thanks so much for watching. Congratulations on your retirement and we hope our channel continues to inspire you. Happy retirement, John and Bev
I would have to say, after watching your video, you two are probably the cutest retired couple on TH-cam.
Ahhh. Thanks so much. Hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
I just found you guys today, I’m absolutely hooked. You’re doing everything my partner and I want to do, but we are in the later 60s and we know time is running out. Thanks for all the inspiration and valuable information that you are sharing with us, we appreciate it tremendously. All the very best, and we look forward to following along with your journey. 👍🏻💥👏🏻🤗🙏🏻
What a great video! Thanks it's really a good motivation for me. When I got to life is precious I broke down, I lost my wife 4 years ago to stomach cancer. She was so healthy it just came out of nowhere. But this motivated me to live in the present and don't take anything for granted. Thank you so much!
We are so sorry to hear about your wife. We are glad to see you living in the present and living life to the fullest the best you can. Hope you can follow along on our journey and stay in touch. Many blessings, John and Bev
John and Bev, this is such powerful advice that (you're right!!) NOBODY tells you prior to retirement. It's so hard to imagine dropping our stuff, moving, or venturing into a new career space. Thank you for sharing that it's OK and should be ENCOURAGED in the right circumstances. Congrats! We're so proud of you guys!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful. Sometimes people just need a little nudge or at least a perspective from someone who has already done it. John and Bev
Yes. Down size. Down size. Down size and enjoy the freedom. Great tips. Thanks you guys
Thanks. We are firm believers in down sizing. Hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
You awesome retirees! This video will probably "rattle" some people who did totally the opposite of what you advocate throughout their lives. Loving their bodies to have a quality life later on AND... being free of material stuff are NOT a common American doctrine - let's face it. I love your advice. ♥Keep doing what you do.
Thanks so much. We are loving retirement and don’t miss our stuff.
Many blessings,
John and Bev
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It seems people are in a ego battle with your neighbors sometimes. Who can have a lot of the nicest stuff and show it off. Nice cars big houses and boats.
Agree. There is so much materialism and debt in America now.
John and Bev
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Great video. I think companies that offer 401K should also offer a workshop/class to think about what you want your retirement to look like. We never had that. When I told our financial advisor we wanted to retire early and travel in a motorhome he said, 'Great!' He told me many of his clients (with means to retire early) had no idea what they wanted to do. I believe thinking about your retirement every five years would be a good exercise. It's also easier to make a big change when you have a partner that is in sync with you. I feel that I have that and am very thankful. In all of of our financial planning I never worried about Social Security (we just assumed we wouldn't get it). What we did worry about was health care. One of the reasons I switched to a plant based diet was because of this. We may choose to stay outside the US so we can have affordable healthcare (and we have no issues and take no prescriptions).
Thanks for the note and a great suggestion on the retirement class! It sounds like you guys are aligned as well. We are heading back to Colombia in January for all of our yearly medical checkups. It is SO CHEAP and great quality!! We also had some tests done in Athens and it was also amazing. Healthcare in US is very expensive. Safe travels, John and Bev
I have made a lot of money in the past few years, in fact passive income is no longer an issue, the huge problem is how i loose this money from foolish diversification, this January I have already blown my account of a million dollars investing wrongly, last year i lost a total of six million dollars from very bad diversification, I believe i will loose all my wealth and not be able to build anything from my passive income,,, I need serious help immediately I cant continue like this...really needed to voice this out here.
Great video, very informative, thank you.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Really, I must say that I'm sorry for your losses, but they are not the end of the world; last year, I suffered a significant loss as well. A portion of my investments were in a pharmaceutical company, whose shares dropped at the beginning of the year amid worries that the company's drug would not be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As a result of all these losses, I stopped doing research and diversifying my portfolio; Admitting that I don't have the necessary skills, I found an FA who helped me enhance my portfolio once more, and it has been doing well ever since. I recovered my losses, and as of this January, in addition to my losses from the previous year, I have made an additional million dollar. Annette Michelle Walters search on line and explain your issues to her. She'll probably have a solution, I believe.
@@aaravsamardh7089 Alright, here she is.
Her credentials and resume are outstanding.
I appreciate you and I'll be in touch straight away.
I also purchased an energy technology solution with the expectation that it would perform well, but instead it has been the poorest performing stock in the S&P 500 this year. I am so appreciative that you took the time to share your experience with me.
I really love all your videos…thank you!
Thanks so much. We love to hear that! Have a wonderful day, John and Bev
Outstanding! Keep up the great videos
Thanks so much. Glad you are enjoying them! John and Bev
Great job guys! We are loving retirement & loving life!
Thanks and that’s awesome. We are always happy hearing others are loving retirement. John and Bev
Thank you for the video. Great points.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful. John and Bev
Ya'll are cool. Great tips and so glad you shared! Keep sharing, please. I love hearing from ya'll!!
Thanks. So glad you enjoyed the video. 😊 Thanks for following along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
I thoroughly agree with your thoughts on retirement. I look forward to each video.
Thanks so much and glad you are enjoying the videos. John and Bev
Loved the video. Thank you for sharing. Hope to watch you again soon!!
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the video and hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
Great video! So glad I found your channel. You two are very inspiring! Safe travels!
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy our journey around the world. John and Bev
Wonderful vlog! Touching upon an area which is taken for granted, hardly discussed! Educative too! Thanks a TON for sharing!
Thanks so much. We are glad you found it helpful. Thanks for following along and hope all is well. Safe travels, John and Bev
This is a breath of fresh air. Just subscribed. Ty.
Thanks so much. We hope you enjoy our channel and join us for an adventure around the world! John and Bev
Great video love you guys keep up the great job, that information is gold!!!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the content and hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
Perfect summary and totally agree with you on all points. You are so right that vlogging is not usually a mature persons hobby but we are hoping to change that along with you guys and a handful of others. There’s got to be a space for us trailblazers in the TH-cam world.
Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed the video. You are right that there is space for us “old people” as travel vloggers! Hope all is well. John and Bev
Excellent video, John and Bev! Enjoyed every bit of it!
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the video! John and Bev
Thank you for great advice.
Thanks. You are welcome.
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Glad to read these 5 things before I retire!!! Thanks! 😍😀 Great video!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video. 😍
Great video. This is very helpful advice. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it. John and Bev
Truly inspiring! Thank you for your content!
Thanks. Glad you are enjoying our content.
John and Bev
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Great video thanks for sharing
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video! John and Bev
Great tips! Thank you!
Thanks. Glad you liked it. We hope you enjoy our channel and website.
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Five powerful points.
Thanks so much. Glad you found them helpful. John and Bev
You guys give a great vibe
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it and hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
Great work guys!!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it and hope you can follow along on our journey.
John and Bev
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Great video guys. All 5 of your points are so important and thoughtful as you enter the pre-retirement years. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much. Glad you found it helpful. John and Bev
You make success look achievable!
Thanks so much. Glad you found the video helpful. John and Bev
Glad you're well aligned. We've also heard a lot of our friends say that their spouse wouldn't go along with their dream/adventure. Downsizing is liberating but definitely a difficult process. Life truly is precious. Keep enjoying your travels. Red & TJ.
Thanks. Sounds like you guys are aligned as well. Good luck with your new RV search. John and Bev
You guys 😍 ...new subscriber here! All the best in your travels & your retirement. The love you have for eachother is so beautiful to see.
Ahhh. Thanks so much for the kind words. Hope you can follow along on our journey around the world! All the best, John and Bev
Great video! Love Chris and what a great song.
Thanks so much! We do too. One of our favorites.
Safe travels,
John and Bev
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I really like your insights/points of view!! Glad I found your channel : )
Thanks. We're glad you found it too. 😊
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You two are nailing it!!! Good for you! #inspirational
Thanks so much. We are glad you like our content.
John and Bev
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Thank you for this! What you're doing has been my dream ever since I can remember. You have inspired me to do it sooner rather than later.
We love hearing this. You CAN DO it. We will be cheering for you.
John and Bev
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Thank you! Fabulous!
You are so welcome! Glad you liked it.
John and Bev
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You two are a great team 😊
Thanks so much for the kind words and following along with us on our channel.
John and Bev
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Almost 5000 followers! Way to go!
Thanks so much. It has been a learning process and we are enjoying our world travels in retirement. Thanks for following along. John and Bev
I heart you two so much. The harsh belief is that when you're old you do nothing but here you are doing everything!
Thanks so much for the very kind words. We are glad you are enjoying our channel.
Many blessings,
John and Bev
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Thank you love your advise. These were things I needed to know. It is hard to figure out everything when I have been so focused on work that I forgot the other things in life. To find peace to retire and the changes. Happy traveling. Peace
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the video and hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
Thank you.
Thanks for watching. John and Bev
awesome vid! I just sent it to my mother-n-law who is about to retire soon. Yes to all these things! Congrats on hitting 5k soon, your channel is great!
Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed it. We hope your mother-in-law likes it as well. John and Bev
Hello John n Bev. I have really been enjoying your videos. What great adventures you are having! We hope to start our travel fun March of 2023 and maybe we will see you out there. Our first stop will be Japan and we plan to visit lots of places in Asia. Stay healthy and sharing your videos. ✌️
Thanks, that’s awesome. Good luck with your travel plans. We will be doing NZ, Australia and Southeast Asia next spring, so we just might see you out there. Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated with our travels. Thanks and have fun on your travels.
John and Bev
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Love your philosophy & hearing more about what gives you the most meaning & purpose.
Thanks so much. We hope you enjoy our channel.
John and Bev
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Thanks for the advice! Just subscribed and looking forward to more content.
Awesome! Thank you! Hope you enjoy our channel and website and good luck with your retirement journey.
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Such a great video - thank you! My husband and I are on the same page with just about everything as we prepare for retirement. We both want to travel as much as we can and we've saved to be able to afford to do that. But, my husband has other (costly!) hobbies that he wants to pursue in retirement and it will require that we keep our home base and our stuff. Luckily for me, he is not a "stuff" kind of person so overall I'd say anyone who knows us would call us minimal. As I say weekly, I appreciate your videos so much! "Old People" sure can succeed in the young people's vlogging arena ... you two are doing it and making it look so easy and enjoyable!
Thanks so much for the kind words. Vlogging has been a steep learning curve for us, but we have certainly enjoyed our time together traveling the world. Safe travels and enjoy your fun hobbies as well in retirement!! John and Bev
Thanks guys, I just retired at 50 so glad I found your video as it was insightful from folks who have been retired a few years. Thanks again.
Thanks. So glad you enjoyed the video and hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
Hi John and Bev, wow, great channel and great T-Shirts ;) Nice that you seek inspirational targets and that you try to inspire others as well. It seems to me that you are maybe more standing in middle of life then at the time in your working years. For us Ronald & Barbara, an interesting vlog since we want to go into early retirement in three years. I find it not easy since you give up your financial "security" your job and go into an adventure, at least that is what we want and need. My wife lived many years in the US, Canada, France and Italy and now we are going (back for me) to the Netherlands for retirement. Thats our first adventure and new step. At this moment we are busy with working and taking care of my mother in law of 92. Since we are both a kind of free birds, we looking forward for the "time after" all the obligations. I think it is good not to plan to much in detail, to get first a holiday of 6 months, get some distance from stress, work, daily live. Time and distance are mostly good components to think better in terms of what you want to do. Sitting still is not an option and giving up freetime for a passion and some voluntairy community work to help others, are surely topics we think about. Hobbies there are enough to start. And travelling is both a passion of my and my wife (fortunately). Thanks for some good thoughts and inspirational stories. Wonderfull to hear about some Vietnam Veterans going back to help to build something up for the local communities. That are stories that are warming the heart. Many kind regards from Switzerland and if you need some Europe tips don't hesitate! But I warn you, there is too much to see here, you need more then one lifetime ;)
Thanks for watching and glad you are enjoying our channel. Good luck with the retirement process. We are in Europe for 9 months this year and loving it. I’m sure we will be back in future years. Safe travels, John and Bev
Hi. Happy I found you here in you tube. Thank you for your thoughts, 5 things that I needed to hear. Purpose/hobbie is what I really feel I will need. I am scoping out options that I can begin to grow and then fully apply in retirement.
Fantastic. So glad we could help. Hope you can join us on our journey around the world for more inspiration. Good luck on your retirement journey and let us know if we can help further. John and Bev
Love your videos and just amazing advice for life in general. I am starting with getting rid of "stuff". Very freeing. Also, just a side note your vlogs are so well done and fun to watch. You come across as friends everyone would love to have.
Thanks for the kind words. Good luck on your journey to get rid of stuff. We have actually met so many people on our journey and have connected with a bunch of our viewers. Always fun to meet new people and hear new perspectives.
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Your new subscriber here - just retired last year. Thank you for your sharing 🌹
Thanks so much for subscribing and congrats on your retirement. Hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
6:40 hit me hard, never thought it this way. Now I need to do something with my life. Thank you for another awesome video.
Thanks for watching. Good luck with whatever you pursue in retirement.
John and Bev
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Really enjoyed watching this clip was very informative. You are so right about health being important and to do things while you can and while you are able. Now we are not in the EU and my husband having health issues we do travel mostly Europe now but are always conscious of health insurance and costs etc as he is in his mid 70s and I am turning 70 next year. It is so important to do the long distance travel when you can too. We have been fortunate to spend time in Australia when our children were living over there and stop overs in Hong Kong Kuala Lumpa.Not quite as inspiring and life changing as yourselves and Debbie and Stijn . We do enjoy when going abroad to go mainly by ourselves as we find that you then get into the local way of life and to meet different people too. Keep well and keep enjoying x
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. We wish you both good health and safe travels. Hope you can follow along on our journey around the world. John and Bev
Love this video 🥰
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the video. John and Bev
Good video. I'm around 5-10 years away from retirement and I really like your point about alignment.
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the video. John and Bev
Great video. As a retirement coach/advisor I agree with all your points.
Thanks. Appreciate the feedback.
John and Bev
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Wonderful to find this channel! Really very helpful and inspiring for people at or near retirement, which is not the last stage but the beginning of a new stage…..Please keep the faith and live a good life!!!
Thanks. So glad you found our channel.
John and Bev
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Hi, im new to your channel. I love your content, especially since I am starting to prep for retirement. Hope you do a Part 2, where you dive deeper on why you wish you knew these things and how it would've changed your plan or how you'd improve your plan. Some are obvious, like #2 and 5, but maybe a couple of the others. Great vid!
Thanks and glad you are liking our channel. Thanks for the feedback and we will give it some consideration.
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The Dove Fund!
What a rush of goosebumps for me...
Gonna check them out to give now.
Thank you!
That’s great. Thank you. A wonderful organization.
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Hi both - thank you for doing what you’re doing. It’s inspiring and educational, and motivating. You are making a real difference. THANK YOU!
Our pleasure! Thanks. Glad you are enjoying our channel.
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Very insightful and clicks well with me and my current phase of life - heading to an “earliesh” retirement next year hopefully. Thanks for the video
Thanks. Best of luck with your retirement plans. We hope to inspire you to get out and live your best life in retirement.
John and Bev
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Thank you for sharing your videos. We are still working but we are planning to be part time volunteers with our National Parks and travel overseas.
Thanks and good luck with your retirement planning process. We loved our travels to all the National Parks. They are truly a national treasure.
John and Bev
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Of my, I had to comment twice on the same view of the video! THe downsizing. Oh my we only had a 600 square foot condo but the amount of stuff we had that we did not need. We know we can live out of two large backpacks and a few small carry on bags.
Our extreme downsizing has changed our life. Thought you might like our video called, A Life Without Stuff.
John and Bev
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Great insights. Liked and Subscribed. :-)
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the insights and hope you can join us on our journey around the world. John and Bev
You guys are adorable and so inspirational! I will be 47 tomorrow and I have had the blessing of experiencing some travels and living a bit nomadic but I would like to make this full time by the big 5 0 so I am soaking up all of your knowledge and wisdom. Keep posting! #bingeworthy !
Thanks and happy birthday. Glad you are enjoying our channel and good luck with your planning for full time travel.
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This is well thought out advice. I'm right at the beginning of the process of planning to live outside of the US and want to immerse myself learning the culture of my host country which I think will bring plenty of rewards. Thank you.
Thanks so much. Good luck with your retirement planning options. Hopefully our world travels can be helpful to you.
John and Bev
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Thanks for sharing your tips!!
I noticed when I retired last year at 48, that my need to shop was gone ,not that I was shopping constantly.
My money buys experiences( hotels, airplane tickets...) not staff.
See you next time.
Thanks so much and congrats on your early retirement! Glad you enjoyed the video. John and Bev
@@RetirementTravelers , thanks!! It has been great!
John and Bev,
I enjoy your videos. The thing you do, I can't do.
My problem is that I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific, not much for highway's or room for airstreams.
However. I will follow you wherever you go
Keep doing what you do
Mike
Thanks for following along and enjoy your island life.
John and Bev
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We're downsizing now, planning for target retirement date, but enjoying our day-to-day NOW. Important! Thank you for this video 🙂
Thanks for watching and good luck with the downsizing. We did extreme downsizing and have no regrets. Be sure to watch our “Life without Stuff” video for inspiration 😊
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Thanks for this. I'm retiring this year and started my travel TH-cam channel 2 years ago. Looks like we have some common ground. New Sub.😀
Thanks. Congrats on your retirement and good luck with your channel. John and Bev
I love your channel. We have just found it and we haven't stopped watching it! Your advice is GOLD. I've been on the fence for a while about retiring. Husband and I are in our late 50's. We love our life. We bought an amazing farm 7 years ago and have been DIY owner building for years finally moved to the bigger farm from a smaller farm on the edge of the suburbs last July. I just got a really great job, finally living a modern life off grid with horses, cows, sheep. I have saved enough retirement funds for both of us etc. A dream really BUT....I am so sick of DIYing (husband loves it) now that our projects are nearly finished and running a farm and working full time is ALOT! I want to travel too. Husband doesn't want to travel. He loves home. We also have active healthy elderly parents and are aware that we need to enjoy as much as them as we can now. So I just keep watching you tube and living vicariously through others. I love the idea of being a Flexpat. One action I am going to take though is to get rid of the clothes I don't wear and the things I don't use. That is a start. One option for having an adventure is for me to pack up everything in a saddle bag and ride the horse up into the high country for a few weeks (not far from home) whilst husband stays home (he does not ride). One thing is for sure, we do love your channel. We love finding out where to go for cheap dentistry. It is so expensive in Australia. Do you know anywhere to get teeth done SE Asia?
Thanks so much for the kind words and glad you are enjoying our channel. We have heard that Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is a top destination for medical tourism. We suspect you could get dentistry done there at a reasonable price.
Safe travels and adventures,
John and Bev
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Your next new sub is me!! 57 years old, eyeing retirement at 60.....maybe, with your encouragement, I don't need to wait that long!!! Thanks for what you do.
Thank you so much. Good luck with your retirement process and let us know if we can help in any way. John and Bev
Another very helpful video! We love the freedom of retirement and being debt free! Our challenge is elderly parents who need our attention, so these days we are trying to travel a drive way or a quick flight from those who need us. Excellent editing loved the transitions to each one of you! Great job! ~Cara 😊
Thanks. Retirement and being debt free are wonderful things! Great that you can stay near your elderly parents. Thanks for following along. John and Bev
We loved our time in our RV traveling across the country and seeing all the National Parks. There are many cheap trips to state parks and other beautiful places you can go. Best of luck, John and Bev
As a retired Home Health nurse, I saw so many families broken emotionally and financially with the burden (yes, burden, no matter how noble) of in-home care of aging parents. One person has to quit working in the primary earning years of their lives. Not everyone works remotely. Many careers, like mine, are impossible to do remotely. Additionally, most of these elderly are up at all hours of the night, depriving family of restorative sleep. Additionally, most doctors will not prescribe sleeping pills or pain killers for elderly. So, they lay in pain all night. My soapbox.
Oh my gosh! "Starting Over" is on our "retirement playlist" too! My husband retired in December of 2021, two months after we discovered our dream - to live in the UP of Michigan on Lake Superior. I am 11 years younger than my husband and we made a seven year, long term plan that has decreased over time as we have worked tirelessly to make this dream come true. We purchased a home three blocks from that amazing lake in a small town, nine months into our plan and sold our home in SE Wisconsin nine months after that. I moved in with my mom and he and the cats moved up north! I have a year before I retire from education and our plans will be complete just over three years after we saw a magazine in a rental cabin that started our journey. "If I am dying, I want to come here," he said. I said, "If you want to die here, then why aren't we living here" and the rest is history. Our dream is to explore the UP and Lake Superior through Minnesota and Canada in smaller trips. This area calls to us. It is home. I backpacked the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in high school, shared it with my husband and our two kids over countless summer vacations. Every year when we left, I would cry while saying goodbye to the lake.
We still struggle with staying positive and fighting the urge to question why we didn't "play it safe" and "keep the house so the boys can come back an stay in their childhood bedrooms at Christmas." Living apart is difficult at time and we often wonder why we have challenged ourselves so much when we could just be "relaxing" and building a three season porch or redoing the kitchen. But our boys have encouraged us to live out our dream, excited to have a place to explore when they visit and create new memories. To leave a place you have lived your entire life is scary. To choose a path that others think is crazy can leave you feeling alone. Your channel has been wind in our sails and inspires us to keep moving forward. Thank you!!!
P.S. Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream" is also on our list as we drive the 6 hours between our two locations!😄
That's great! We love to hear when our story has been motivational or inspirational to somebody else. We loved the UP when we were on our Airtream around the country a few years ago. We took our first seaplane up to Isle Royale. Enjoy and best of luck living your dream.
Many blessings,
John and Bev
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PS. We love "Running Down a Dream" song as well.
Thanks so much! I saw that on one of your videos and I wondered where you visited in Michigan! Someday we will make it to Isle Royale!!@@RetirementTravelers
Yes very helpful. Went on disability right before I plan to retire.
Glad it was helpful.
John and Bev
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First thing I learned about doctors is they are too quick with the prescription pad. For me it is to eat healthy, exercise , and avoid prescriptions as best I can. I tried retiring once. I am financially secure. I didn’t do well. I lost my sense of purpose. It had a dramatic effect on my mental health. I went back to work. I am going to retire to something on my next retirement.
You are right on. Sounds like you have a plan for your best “retirement”. We are loving ours. Best of luck, John and Bev
I just found your channel and I love the way you structure your info. I downsized then I took a year off work to explore where to retire and 1 year turned into 5 years. I might be retired. LOL! 😂 I spent half of my life in NC and half in Northern Ca. I may buy a tiny home in Tn to have a home base so that I can travel half time and do remote contract work half time (Tech Project Manager). I now have some slight physical limitations but can still travel but it is honestly not as fun. I would say to folks to start downsizing early so you can travel before any health issue and really take care of your health. Find some exercise that you like and do that. It doesn’t have to be the gym. Find what you like.
So glad you found our channel and we enjoyed your story. Good luck with your retirement journey. Our next video is about downsizing. Hope you enjoy.
John and Bev
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Thanks
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video. John and Bev
Perhaps a good health tip i may share with you is to work with a good SCIO Practitioner or Quantum Therapist, as it does health scans and treatment without the need of being there in person. Thus, you can get an update on your health wherever you are in the world. 💚
Thanks for sharing.
John and Bev
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Retire in the Philippines. Live like a king on $2,000/mo budget
Philippines is so affordable. Thanks for sharing.
Happy journeys,
John and Bev
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Just found this video and your channel . We loved this video and all its contents . You are so right about everything and my hardest part is going to be aligning my spouse to follow me .
Thanks and so glad you found our channel. Good luck with the alignment and many blessings for your retirement.
John and Bev
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Sounds like you found purpose in finding a new job. Some people retire to soon. Good luck with your travels.
Thanks so much. We are loving retirement, the challenge of the TH-cam channel and our travels together around the world. Thanks for watching and hope you can join us on our adventure. John and Bev
All our friends where we live have long been retired. They have told us that we will not want to travel forever. I am wise enough to know this to be true. But having not traveled growing up (other than beach trips) and a previous marriage to the wrong partner, I'm spring-loaded for travel! There's so much we want to see and cultures to experience... You guys are such great inspiration!
Thanks so much. We do hope to inspire! World travel is changing our lives in so many ways for the better. Hope you can follow along on our journey and get even more inspiration. Let us know if we can be of additional help. John and Bev
@@RetirementTravelers Thank you so much! Hubs has started watching you now, too! We love your vibe and how you're not sensationalists with your channel. We get something out of every vlog!
Excellent video. It’s so reassuring to see folks ahead of us on the path. We’re in the home stretch I hope, I’m retired now (50) and we have two kids to put through college and then we’re done - so about 5-6 years yet. Getting financially ready is important but there’s so many other aspects to consider.
You can do it! Hope the varied content on our channel continues to inspire you to move forward. Let us know if we can help.
Best of luck.
John and Bev
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Thank you so much for sharing such personal information with us. Definitely is refreshing to know, we can do it!!!!
We are still a ways off from retirement (I’m 48) but we know those years will be upon us sooner than we might want them to arrive. So we appreciate videos like these that help us prepare well. My husband is not interested in full time travel but it has been a desire of mine for many many years. What we do now is discuss what he is willing to do and then I plan accordingly. I get a little of what I want (travel) and he gets a little of what he wants (stability.) In the end, we are both happier because we have met in the middle and made sacrifices for each other.
We hear from many people that one spouse doesn't want to travel (usually the husband). We think it is wonderful that you guys have found a great middle ground. Congrats.
John and Bev
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@@RetirementTravelers Thank you. I am blessed because he actually relay enjoys travel. He just doesn’t want to full time travel. I can adjust my desires easily when he’s willing and wanting to go adventuring. Spore Family Adventures!
Love your vibe and energy! So positive and inspiring! I have retired at the age of 50 and my husband has 3 more years of work left. He will be 55. However, he is taking a lot of time off work now - before he stops work for good so we can travel now…We are planning to travel the world so much more…
Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed the video. Congrats on your retirement!! Hope you can follow along on our vlogs around the world and get even more travel ideas. Best of luck to you and stay in touch. John and Bev
Absolutely, we have already traveled extensively, and we were able to show our children a lot of different countries as well…but…never enough of travel!😀