What if retirement doesn’t require a million dollars, a second home, and a yacht named “Escape Plan”? What if it just takes a decent recliner, a working bathroom, and the ability to stream your favorite show without buffering?
In this episode, we wonder out loud — and maybe a little nervously — whether the traditional idea of retirement is outdated, overhyped, or just plain unaffordable. But also: maybe that’s okay?
Join us as we dig into the Gen X flavor of financial dread, reimagine a simpler kind of retirement, and ask whether happiness actually costs less than we thought. There’s talk of mobile homes, pickleball, burnout, squirrel-feeding, and the surprising power of needing very little.
It’s part therapy session, part economic rethink — and no, we’re still not totally sure we’re fine.
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