In my role as a financial advisor, I see far too many people retire early and then ultimately

end up regretting their decision to do so. And out of all the times I've seen people regret their

retirement, there tends to be a few commonalities as to why they end up regretting that decision.

So in today's podcast, I'm going to walk you through the five most common reasons I see people

regret their early retirement, as well as what you can do to

avoid these regrets.

This is another episode of Ready for Retirement.

I'm your host, James Canole, and I'm here to teach you how to get the most of the life

with your money.

And now, on to the episode.

So to start, let's unpack what I mean by retiring early. What is early? It can be very much a

relative thing. Well, what I'm going to say is anything before the age of 65. Why is 65 typically thought

of as common retirement age? Well, for a number of reasons. Number one, that's when Medicare starts,

so you're eligible for health insurance coverage. Number two, that used to be the age

at which you could collect Social Security as your full retirement age. That age has since been

pushed out. Number three, a lot of pensions, not pensions are less common today than they used to be,

but a lot of pensions would start at the age of 65, and it's just a nice round number. So a lot of

people think of age 65 as the traditional retirement age. Of course, many people retire

later, but a lot of people retire earlier. And that's what I want to focus on today. If you're

retiring before the age of 65, what are the common mistakes we see people make? So when you retire,

you don't need to worry about these things and can instead focus on everything that you're excited

about with your retirement. So let's jump right in.

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