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Originally Posted by Ian Civco
It seems that retirement is a trade off. You now have the time but your means are more limited being on a fixed income.
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Ian I don't think anyone can answer this for you. However, you forgot to add a third variable, your health and your mobility. The risk you may still be alive, have a pile of money and not be able to enjoy much of anything.
Go back and look at the meme I posted, each of us has to find a comfortable balance between money and time. We all face the risk of running out of one or the other or both. Retirement is really a question of do you believe you have really good odds that you can be both secure and content with what you have and what you can do before time runs out.
For me the main reason I am not going to the Southern is I just don't feel like making such a long trip requiring me to skirt through several heavily congested areas. I am content with just going to Hausmann's which is much closer to me and much nicer drive.
Good luck to you going forward. Perhaps this will help with your decisions around retirement. I have been a member of this forum for around 25 years and found helpful information in it along the way.
https://www.early-retirement.org/