How to prepare for your retirement - year -1

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something else I think that would be really important to do in your last couple of years before you retire, start journaling the things that make you crazy at work. Yeah, maybe the people, maybe the, the, the works, the, the job specific processes that you think are insane. Um, but also just things about working that make you crazy. And the reason for that is I've mentioned in other posts that I tended to romanticize my jobs. So the last thing I did before I retired was I ran my business, which I loved. I mean, it had its challenges and, um, it wasn't always easy, but I did love, um, running the business, but I had a lot of jobs too. And when I look back on jobs, I only remember the great parts, the people, the friendships, you know, the big problems I solved. I kind of forget all the little nonsense that you have to deal with, the problems that you have to deal with, and the problems that you have to deal with. politics, the people, the processes, just all of that. If I were to do it over again, I would journal real time ish, the things that make me crazy about working. So that once you get into retirement, and you start feeling like I think working was better, you can open up that journal and say, Oh, that's right. Those mandatory all hands are all that's right. This is zoom required call I had to do with this person who I didn't even report to that is just terrible to interact with. Or, oh, man, you know, using this system that we had to use every day at work that was terrible, just all the things that we did at work, that we just forgot that we're so terrible. So journaling is a great way. It's like the other side of journaling, keeping the receipts for why you were looking forward to getting out of the workplace to begin with. And I know if you're working right now, you're going to say, I don't need to journal this. Trust me, when I'm out of here, I'm never looking back. You're probably going to be looking back. So it's better to keep a good list of the reminders why you wanted to take all this time back for yourself in the first place. Good luck with your retirement.