Retirement is a journey but without a destination…

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You've probably heard the expression, retirement is a journey. If not, you've heard something is a journey. Life is a journey. You know, your career is a journey. Everything's a journey. But the thing that really struck me about the concept of retirement being a journey, I actually read this in a retirement book, and it really stuck with me. Not, it's a journey like you're on your way to a destination, but like, it's a journey in that sometimes we travel along and it's kind of quiet and uneventful and there's not a lot to look at. And sometimes we have really cool stops and sometimes we are arriving somewhere and we're looking forward to it. But, you know, I've talked a lot on this channel about how we don't want to try and fill, well, I don't want to try and fill my days with, you know, memorable moments and all that. You know, I just... I just want to be happy. And I've mentioned in the past that I've decided that I'm just going to do like normal vacations like I did back when I was working. You know, like a couple of vacations a year, try and do something with the family, etc. Not try and turn every day into a breathtaking, you know, adventure. And this idea that our retirement is a journey really fits that model pretty well because like, if you're driving cross-country, there are going to be times when you're just kind of like, just trying to stay awake at the wheel. And other times when there's all kinds of cool stuff to see and then there'll be places that you plan on stopping at and you're looking forward to. And that would be like, you know, annual vacations, little trips, seeing the kids, things like that. But if you look at your retirement like a journey and that there will be sort of lulls and slow periods and there'll be exciting times, it takes a little bit of the pressure off, but you feel like your retirement needs to be this nonstop, you know, Insta-worthy experience. So just take it as a journey and realize that there are going to be a lot of times during that journey that you're just drinking coffee and trying not to nod off at the wheel.