Retirement Planning: Who Will You Spend Your Days With

You’ve planned your retirement income. But have you planned what you’ll do with your days—and who you’ll spend them with? In this episode of Take Pride in Retirement, my husband and co-host, Josh Rhett Noble, joins me for a conversation about friendship, purpose, and building a retirement social life that fits you. Leaving work can mean losing everyday conversations, familiar routines, and connections you didn’t realize you would miss. In our conversation, we discuss: • Why retirement changes your relationships as well as your paycheck • How to maintain workplace friendships after you retire • Why your spouse or partner can’t be your entire social calendar • Balancing shared traditions with your own interests and friendships • Finding welcoming LGBTQ+ groups, volunteer opportunities, and activities • Staying connected with chosen family and loved ones after a move • Budgeting for meals, classes, memberships, transportation, and travel • Starting with one recurring activity, one relationship, and one new experience Josh and I also share some of our own interests—from theater and travel to video games—and talk about why a fulfilling retirement should reflect what you enjoy. A little planning can leave room for both meaningful routines and spontaneous fun. Ask yourself: How do I want to spend my days? Who do I want to spend them with? Does my financial plan support those answers? ---- No matter who you are, where you come from or who you love, you deserve a retirement you can take pride in! Licensed fiduciary financial advisor Matt McClure hosts Take Pride in Retirement with these core principles in mind. Listen to Previous Episodes: https://takeprideinretirement.com/   Connect with Matt: https://takeprideinretirement.com/#co...   Subscribe to our YouTube Page:    / @takeprideinretirementshow   Take Pride in Retirement is proud to be named one of the top Pride podcasts on the internet by FeedSpot. For more, go to https://blog.feedspot.com/pride_podcasts   About Take Pride in Retirement: Take Pride in Retirement is a podcast dedicated to retirement planning solutions for the LGBTQ community. Host Matt McClure, a licensed fiduciary financial advisor, shares strategies to protect your hard-earned money while pursuing market-like growth. Matt holds the RSSA® credential as a Registered Social Security Analyst®, helping clients optimize their Social Security filing strategies to potentially increase lifetime income. He’s also a Certified Annuity Specialist® (CAS®), a designation earned through a 135+ hour graduate-level program in fixed-rate and variable annuities from the Institute of Business & Finance. Based in Georgia with his husband and two dogs, Matt spent over a decade in New York City, working with The Wall Street Journal Radio Network, NY1, and WCBS Newsradio 880. A career highlight includes reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, professional singing and acting #lgbtqretirement #finance #moneymotivation #investing #money #retirement #lgbtq #lgbt #gayretirement