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Five magnificent years gave way to restlessness. A new season needed a new plan.

David Champion’s hiking and climbing retirement worked beautifully until its familiar pattern lost some force. Winter boredom and solitary study brought a reckoning. Travel and a new relationship later changed the picture, though anxiety still interrupted the happier account.

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Net worth at retirement2024-06-03 · Personal
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2024Year 5
Post 01

The first plan starts wearing thin

“My first five years were indeed magnificent”

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Life at the time

  • Spent early retirement hiking and climbing.
  • Later used self-study and invented tasks to fill difficult winter periods.

How it felt

  • Remembered the first five years very positively. “My first five years were indeed magnificent”
  • Found that staying busy no longer fully answered his need for direction. “I manufactured ways to stay busy”
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Notes

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

First five years and winter restlessness.

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

2025
Post 02

A different winter, with unfinished worries

“I’m calmer today than I was a year ago”

David ChampionRead original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Traveled in Greece and Nepal and spent time climbing with a new partner.
  • Considered selling his house; the sale had not happened in this update.

How it felt

  • Had become dissatisfied with relying on self-study to fill the gap. “Bored with self-study”
  • Reported feeling calmer, although anxiety and uncertainty remained. “I’m calmer today than I was a year ago”
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Notes

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

Travel, new relationship, anxiety and prospective move.

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

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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.

  • The 2025 home sale is a future plan, not a completed move. Positive changes and anxiety coexist in the author’s report.

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