What I Got Wrong in My First Year of Early Retirement with Joel Hart

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
  • Joel Hart thought he had planned it all-early retirement seemed like the ultimate freedom. But his first year brought a series of unexpected realizations. From struggling with identity to missing the social interactions that work provided, his journey was eye-opening in ways he hadn’t anticipated. Here’s what you can learn from Joel’s experience.
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  • @lindadorman2869
    @lindadorman2869 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    One of the exercises that really helped me was to storyboard out a typical day/week in retirement and tying activities back to what makes me happy. I got really specific about new things I wanted to do or learn, from making coffee to having a full ethnic breakfast on Sundays, to taking an hour long walk getting lost in a new part of town, to learning a new craft or language. Mapping out what a typical day in retirement would look like helped me add structure and set realistic goals.

  • @SeekAliveness
    @SeekAliveness หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I always enjoy these. Thanks for recording and posting.

    • @CampFI
      @CampFI  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @damienbates
    @damienbates 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Having friends and hobbies are very important in retirement. You have to find a new purpose or focus and that can take time.

  • @neumieus
    @neumieus หลายเดือนก่อน

    Joel - Excellent talk! I appreciate hearing from early retirees and I have certainly leaned from this video. Looking forward to seeing you at future in-person meetups.

  • @veez7467
    @veez7467 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Sigh, if you want to work then don't retire.

    • @alohastateofmind3565
      @alohastateofmind3565 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think his point was he didn't realize that until AFTER he retired.

  • @ProjectFrugal
    @ProjectFrugal หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good video - thanks! :)

  • @AverageJoeDividends
    @AverageJoeDividends หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I cannot even have 6 consecutive days off of work and I also have "unlimited PTO" For every day I take off, I have 4 hours additional work to do. It is no wonder that I am working to get out of corporate work.

    • @FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle
      @FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      When I went on vacation the work piled up at my office door.

    • @AverageJoeDividends
      @AverageJoeDividends หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle my work piles up in the form of emails. I receive about 400 emails a day with my job.

    • @FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle
      @FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ I totally get. I am glad that I retired early at the beginning of the pandemic 🙂😁

    • @FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle
      @FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @ I have subscribed to your channel. I have real estate but I am going to to look into Dividend investing

    • @AverageJoeDividends
      @AverageJoeDividends หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle Thanks! Investing doesn't have to be all or nothing into one thing.