August 19, 2025

Reflecting On 15 Months Of Early Retirement - Elizabeth | MHFI 281

56 minutes

Doug chats with his wife Elizabeth about her first year (and few months) of retirement while answering questions from the Facebook group. They also discuss a post from Instagram called “The 6 Luxuries of Life”.

Questions answered:

James C – How has the amount of time you spend managing your finances changed since retirement?

Michael H – How did you get so lucky to end up with Doug? What would you tell another wife that is similarly worried about lack of regular paychecks? Did April’s quick downturn scare you?

Sheila A – Does Elizabeth think she should have quit even earlier?

Todd N – Anything she would have done differently in the past 6 months?

James T – What did Doug say or what life changes convinced you to take the plunge?

Seth E – What are some of the unexpected benefits that’s she’s experienced since retiring?

Cait Y – Are you enjoying your time or do you miss the structured work week?

Diania – How do you manage so much time together? Or do you have enough independent interests that you have enough space from each other?

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Links

Elizabeth on MFHI episode 212

Dr. Amy Shah, “The 6 Luxuries of Life”

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0:00 Introduction

5:20 Question – Managing finances

9:20 Question – April’s downturn

14:44 Question – Lack of regular paychecks

18:44 Question – Quit sooner or done anything different?

23:00 Question – Unexpected benefits of retiring

31:19 Question – Doing one thing a day

35:27 Question – Managing time together

41:19 The 6 luxuries of life

45:31 Rushing vs. control over time

51:11 Soundcheck – Victor

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