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Selected life timeline 2020—2024

His focus shifted from the portfolio to people, learning and longer trips.

SoccerRules built a full life of sport, mentoring and community service. A later update added long stays abroad and more volunteer roles, while acknowledging family loss, physical wear and rising costs.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2020 · Household
$3,756,000

Author-reported retirement balance; no independent financial verification.

Source
Posts2
2022
Post 01

Two years after leaving

“We like the freedom to choose what we want do and when.”

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Life at the time

  • Structured mornings and open afternoons balanced exercise and volunteering.
  • Health-club friendships and weekly dates supported life together.

How it felt

  • He enjoyed choosing his activities. “freedom to choose”
  • A crowded calendar left less time for reading than he wanted. “too much on my plate”
PurposeTravelFriends
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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: freedom to choose

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: too much on my plate

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

2024Year 4
Post 02

People and learning take priority

“My mother passed away 20 years earlier and I miss them both dearly.”

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Life at the time

  • Six service roles and a three-month Costa Rica stay widened his activities.
  • The couple also spent six weeks exploring Portugal.

How it felt

  • New experiences had displaced much of his former financial preoccupation. “living life has been fantastic”
  • He missed his parents and noticed the recovery time his sports required. “I miss them both dearly”
PurposeTravelFriends
SoccerRules (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: living life has been fantastic

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: I miss them both dearly

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 2022 interview says May 2020 and the later update says April 2020 for retirement; only the year is used.

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