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#154 | 6 weeks into early retirement: Untethered and finding margin with Maggie and Greg
46 minutes Posted Jun 19, 2022 at 4:05 am.
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In this discussion, we cover many topics, including:

  • Thoughts on if Maggie has slowed down yet or not.
  • How they’ve been spending their time.
  • Habit tracking.
  • How relaxed they both are and how sleep has improved.
  • They are hitting a nice stride of slowing down and relaxing.
  • The immediate feeling of more margin in their lives.
  • Being more present and engaged.
  • The feeling of being untethered from a lack of structure.
  • The discomfort that comes from being untethered and not having forced structure into your day.
  • Parkinson’s law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
  • How they are feeling about work with six weeks of distance between it.
  • Maggie’s reading Cashing Out right now and highly recommends it!
  • Greg’s 30-day social media and news cleanse.
  • Maggie’s realization of appreciating the present moment and not worrying about how the future will unfold.
  • The feeling of financial freedom.
  • They are optimistic for the future and starting to feel all the feelings they were hoping for in retirement, such as slowing down, being more present, and feeling less stressed.

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