Today I talked to a couple who didn't wait until they were fully retired to start living the retirement lifestyle that people dream of.

That couple's name is L.J. and Kelly.

And they're an incredible example of what it looks like to start living now as opposed to waiting for some vague time in the future.

In our wide-ranging conversation, we talked about the logistics of traveling around the country for a year and seeing in different places for a month at a time.

We talked about the financials of doing so. We talk about Kelly's experience as a physical therapist, and now she met far too many people

who put off fun until retirement, but ultimately were too unhealthy to end up enjoying it. And finally,

we get their advice for what they would tell people who are looking to do the same things that

they have done. I hope you enjoyed today's conversation with LJ and Kelly.

This is another episode of Ready for Retirement.

I'm your host, James Knoll, and I'm here to teach you how to get the most of the life with your money.

And now, on to the episode.

I'm joined today by LJ. and Kelly.

L.J. and Kelly, thanks for being here.

Thanks for having us.

Very excited for our conversation for two reasons.

One, you've had a very interesting path to retirement, kind of from the standpoint that you didn't wait to retire until you started living like you were retired, specifically

with some cross-country travel.

And two, the nature of your work, being a PT, seeing some things that

really caused you think differently, I think, about retirement, both physically and mentally

and how do you best prepare for it. So we're going to dive in and I want to start with that.

So you traveled the country. Before, Kelly, you were formally retired. How long did you travel?

I ask, can you just give us a brief overview of what that looked like and what you did?

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