10 Things Nobody Tells You About Retirement Until You Get There

<p>Most retirement advice focuses on getting you <b>to</b> retirement.</p><p>Save enough.</p><p>Max out the 401(k).</p><p>Pay down debt.</p><p>Decide when to take Social Security.</p><p>Build an income plan.</p><p>All important.</p><p>But then one day something happens that we've spent almost no time preparing you for:</p><p><b>You actually retire.</b></p><p>Monday morning comes.</p><p>There's no alarm.</p><p>Nobody needs you at the office.</p><p>No meetings.</p><p>No commute.</p><p>No deadlines.</p><p>And for the first couple of weeks you think:</p><p><b>THIS IS AWESOME!</b></p><p>Then it's Tuesday morning three months later.</p><p>You've already cleaned the garage twice.</p><p>You've watched every show on Netflix.</p><p>Your spouse is wondering why you're following them around the house.</p><p>And you start thinking...</p><p><b>Is this retirement?</b></p>