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I Retired at 55: 10 Money Traps I Refuse to Fall For

I retired at 55, and these are 10 things I refuse to waste money on.

Retirement doesn’t mean you stop spending money. It means you get more honest about what the spending is actually for.

In this episode, I’m sharing 10 money traps I avoid in retirement — including convenience spending, boredom shopping, status spending, supporting adult children without boundaries, long-term care insurance, retirement products that become obligations, housing decisions, car payments, and more.

Some of these are things I avoided before retirement, which helped me save more and retire earlier. Others are…

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