10 Things Nobody Tells You About Retirement Until You Get There

The Jon Sanchez Show · Aug 28, 2026 · 30m · transcript

Most retirement advice focuses on getting you to retirement.

Save enough.

Max out the 401(k).

Pay down debt.

Decide when to take Social Security.

Build an income plan.

All important.

But then one day something happens that we've spent almost no time preparing you for:

You actually retire.

Monday morning comes.

There's no alarm.

Nobody needs you at the office.

No meetings.

No commute.

No deadlines.

And for the first couple of weeks you think:

THIS IS AWESOME!

Then it's Tuesday morning three months later.

You've already cleaned the garage twice.

You've watched every show on Netflix.

Your spouse…