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Selected life timeline 2022—2023

Monday became welcome. Learning helped keep the rest of the week interesting.

After a long technology career, he found an easy transition through travel, classes and volunteering. His wife still enjoyed her own work, so he built a daytime life that respected her schedule.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2023-05 · Household
Not established

A comparable departure-date net worth was not established in the reviewed sources.

Source
Reported net worth2023-05 · Household
$3,000,000

Approximate value at the 2023 interview after a difficult market year, not a verified retirement-date figure.

Source
Posts2
2022
Post 01Recalled in 2023

Enjoying Monday again

“looking forward to Monday mornings”

ESI Retiree 46Read original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • A home office already used for remote work became his retirement base.
  • Domestic trips and a visit to Australia filled some of the new freedom.

How it felt

  • The adjustment felt smooth. “very smooth”
  • Monday mornings became something to enjoy. “looking forward to Monday mornings”
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Notes

Earlier period recalled in the account published 2023-08-17; this is not a separately published contemporary update. The earlier year is approximate.

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: very smooth

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: looking forward to Monday mornings

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

2023Year 1
Post 02

Learning keeps the week interesting

“too much to do”

ESI Retiree 46Read original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • College classes and tour-guide training joined exercise and gardening.
  • Lunches with retired friends and regular calls maintained connection.

How it felt

  • He was rarely bored. “too much to do”
  • Keeping enough intellectual challenge remained a question for the future. “intellectually challenged”
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ESI Retiree 46 (opens in a new tab)
Notes

Dated first-person reflection; the observation date follows the interview month where stated, which can precede publication.

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: too much to do

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: intellectually challenged

Retirement overview and reported duration.

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.

  • These are selected first-person accounts, not a complete life history. Later circumstances may differ.
  • Financial figures and household circumstances are self-reported and are not independently verified.
  • The first moment is a retrospective account of an earlier period, except where explicitly identified as a reproduced journal entry.
  • An exact age at final departure was not established; an age reported later is not substituted.

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