Tips for new retirees - create structure for the f…

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If you're getting ready to retire or you're early in your retirement, consider introducing structure into your days. I hear a lot from people who recently retired, and this was my experience as well, that the shock of losing the structure of our work life is just too much on top of all the other changes. So for me, I didn't do this, and I wish I had. I didn't learn until later from people here on the platform that you really should introduce structure for the first three to six months anyway. And it could be as simple as, I'm going to go to the gym at 9 a.m. or I'm going to take a walk at 9 a.m. or whatever. But pick something early, pick something later that you sort of, quote unquote, have to do. And that anchors you to some structure while you're transitioning into your new life. What you'll find is you'll... You'll start sort of like skipping on some of these required items as you start getting more comfortable eliminating that structure.