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September 5, 2020
7 exciting bucket list ideas to consider when you want to retire
7 exciting bucket list ideas to consider when you want to retire.
If you’re like majority of people, your biggest retirement concern is likely whether or not you’ll have enough saved when it comes time to step back from your career. If you aren’t careful, you can find yourself focusing so much on your retirement finances that you forget to plan anything else.
That might not seem like a big deal, but it’s part of the reason that the probability of experiencing clinical depression rises by about 40 percent after retirement.
When people concentrate all of their energies on making sure they can retire, they’re much more likely to feel lost once they actually do.
As you begin thinking about your retirement lifestyle, one tool you may consider is a bucket list.
Bucket lists can be great for bringing an element of specificity to your plans for your future, but only if approached the right way. Many bucket lists are comprised entirely of extreme, once-in-a-lifetime goals that are more fantasy than reality.
While these “wish” style bucket lists are great, they won’t bring you any closer to crafting a specific image of what your day-to-day will look like in retirement.
Consider getting started with one of these printable retirement bucket lists, created by the team at Annuity.org.
Each of the seven lists is catered to a particular lifestyle, and they all have sections for hobbies, challenges, experiences, skills, and travel to help you flesh out your ideal retirement life. You can start with one of these lists and modify or add to it as you go.
Having a concrete list of ideals will also help you budget accurately for retirement — those who opt for the “luxurious” bucket list will likely need larger savings than those who select the list for nature lovers.
— Amanda Pell is a writer and content strategist who specializes in personal finance and lifehacking content, covering everything from moving tips to investment ideas to travel hacks and more. When she’s not knee-deep in research, you’ll likely find her hiking with her dog or with her nose in a good book.
- Posted 9.5.20 at 05:10 am by Roy Osing
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