Don't Fear Retirement - The Water's Great, by Scott Stolz, CFP, RICP (week 49)
I’ve commented in previous blog posts that roughly one out of every three retirees report that they are not happier in retirement. This statistic comes from a 2024 MassMutual study ( 2024_massmutual_retirement_happiness_study.pdf ). To be fair, that does not mean that all of those people are less happy in retirement. In fact, the majority of them report that they are just as happy in retirement as they were prior to retirement. The study found that only 8% of retirees were less happy. But here’s the thing, I’ve yet to meet any of those people. Over the last several years, a lot of my contemporaries have retired. As I approached my own retirement, I would ask all of these people how they like it. I’ve continued to ask that question since I retired. At a recent retirement party for a very dear former colleague, I chatted with many that had recently retired. I asked all of them how they are finding retirement. ...