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[quote=Anonymous]It’s great that work is fulfilling, but is that more important than spending quality time with your DH while he is able to travel? Hopefully not!!

Talk to a financial planner to see if you have enough now to retire the way you want. If you don’t, then figure out how much more you need to make.

Assuming you can afford it, I think you should go very part time and travel as much as possible, especially more adventurous trips. My family has travelled extensively with my ILs in the last 15 years. They are both healthy and active, but there is a big difference in what they could do at 65 vs 75. Jet lag hits them harder, they walk more slowly and need more frequent breaks. The heat especially really takes it out of them in the last couple of years. We have to plan for naps/downtime back at the hotel sometimes, which was never the case in their 60s.  They luckily don’t have any major health issues and go for long wake every day, eat healthy etc. But they are just getting older.

My dad worked hard his whole life and planned on traveling extensively in retirement, he loved the ocean and wanted to charter boats all over the world. He was diagnosed with a progressive illness and didn’t get to take any of his trips. It has been devastating. [/quote]

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