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Selected life timeline 2020—2022

Retirement began with relief. Belonging took more effort.

For u/a_marie_z, the first reward was staying home without exhaustion or holiday travel obligations. Books, cooking and skiing filled the days. The second year brought a more outward-looking question: how to become part of a community after a pandemic-era move. Library volunteering offered a beginning.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2020 · Personal
Not established

No starting wealth figure established in the reviewed updates.

Source
Posts2
2021Year 1
Post 01

Home finally feels restful

“For about twenty years, we'd traveled cross-country at Thanksgiving AND Christmas, and it was lovely to celebrate at home in a simple way, just us, even though we missed seeing family and friends in person.”

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Life at the time

  • Moved into a slower routine of cooking, yoga, skiing and reading.
  • Spent the first retirement holidays at home instead of traveling between celebrations.

How it felt

  • Finally had room to recover from the pressure of working life. “It was a relief to finally decompress and relax.”
  • Money was taking up much less of their daily attention. “it has mostly ceased to matter very much!”
RecoveryHomeCuriosity
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Notes

Publication date at available precision. Retirement milestones follow the author’s own count; a missing milestone is not inferred.

New home, holidays, rest, hobbies and finances.

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

2022Year 2
Post 02

A library opens the next door

“Last, and actually least, money still doesn't matter very much day to day.”

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Life at the time

  • Read, skied and hosted family celebrations during the second year.
  • Started volunteering at the library after pandemic restrictions delayed local involvement.

How it felt

  • Saw volunteering as a first step, with the next stage still open. “I'm not sure what's next, but this is a good start.”
  • Financial planning remained in the background of an increasingly comfortable routine. “money still doesn't matter very much day to day.”
PurposeCuriosityHome
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Notes

Publication date at available precision. Retirement milestones follow the author’s own count; a missing milestone is not inferred.

Skiing, reading, hosting and library volunteering.

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

Research

Last checked Sep 2026. The accounts are self-reported. This timeline follows selected accounts, including recollections where labeled; it is not a complete archive.

  • Starting wealth and departure age are not established. Pandemic conditions shaped opportunities for social contact and volunteering.
  • This is a selection of reviewed updates, not a complete account history. No later life outcome is inferred from the absence of another indexed post.

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