What I learned the 1st 30 days of retirement 

Excellent points!! Thank you!

I really enjoy your videos. I’m retiring in January; can’t wait!

I have been watching all of your videos as soon as your channel popped up on my feed. I will have 32 and a half years in elementary education after this year. 20 years in second grade, 5 in first, and finishing 7 as a dyslexia teacher. Since I hit my magic number at year 29 I've been going back and forth about retiring. My husband retired after covid and it's been hard going to work every day while he does not. My son graduated from A&M in December and is now employed and doing wonderful. My daughter is at Tarleton in Stephenville, Tx starting her third year. After watching your videos along with a few others, I've decided I'm going to retire in May. I've made an appointment to talk to our retirement people this month to make sure I have calculated everything correctly. I do think that I will sub at least the minimum amount our school district requires until my daughter no longer needs help with college expenses. I want to thank you for your videos. They have been a positive encouragement for me and have made me feel less anxious or scared about leaving my permanent job. I do know that I'll probably start out subbing in high school or at our Career Center. I need a change from the littles. '

I just love these videos, Melinda. You're so authentic, relatable, and you can laugh at yourself because you know yourself so well. I just feel like I'm spending time with a friend.

Great reflections Melinda. Love them all. You cracked me up with the "done zero projects" because they were so ambitious. Deck redo? kitchen cabinets repainting? Those take time to plan well and do them when you have time. Staying active and exercising, though, should stay a priority when in retirement, IMO. I am 3 years away 😅 myself. Thanks for your candid videos

I love your videos, I'm excited to work toward retiring earlier than originally expected... instead of 62yo, I'm now moving toward a more "moderate investment/savings" strategy and looking at ETA 4/30/2033...so

That is so true about the shopping. Less is more. Trying to retire in next 2 years. Don’t have a lot of money but it will work out. We can pay for basics 😊

One of the lessons that really spoke to me was the one about giving yourself whatever time you need to complete projects. I have taken on a hobby (that I won't bother to try to describe) that has become more complicated as I learn how to improve upon things like my photo-editing skills. While this means I will get much better final results, it also means the entire project will take much longer. This created a challenge for me as I retired from a world in April where I usually had very tight deadlines. I had to get comfortable with the idea that there is no rush and I can take as long as I like to get everything right. 👍 Meanwhile, I can also see that some projects will probably be addressed somewhere down the road rather than in the immediate future. 😃

Recently retired old guy. I like your videos! One thing I did I converted to Celsius years so I'M back to being 18 LOL.

Learning to do nothing is a purpose all by itself. It is wonderful but takes time.

Thanks for this list.

Gosh! I love being 🏠 home! I avoid going out as much as I can 😁

You seem very conflicted about retirement and doing so at a young age. Why did you retire?

You are really attractive