Stop Sweating the Small Stuff When You Spend Your Retirement Money

Why is it so hard to spend the money you spent a lifetime saving? This is a question from Janet Bodnar in a Kiplinger article. She admits that one of her guilty pleasures in retirement is treating herself to a casual lunch while she's out running errands. Why does she feel so guilty? Christine Benz from Morningstar is quoted in the article, which we discuss at length in this episode. Then a listener asks a question I think a lot of you are wondering: " How am I supposed to figure out what I want to do in retirement when I can barely find time to do laundry while I'm still working? " Great question! And in our "Retire To Something" segment, Lois from the Southeast turned a lifelong love of animals into a retirement packed with purpose — volunteering at a zoo, working part-time at an aquarium, and spending half the year with manatees! Resource: Article by Janet Bodnar in Kiplinger: Stop Sweating the Small Stuff When You Spend Your Retirement Money Connect with Benjamin Brandt:

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Stop Sweating the Small Stuff When You Spend Your Retirement Money is an episode from Retirement Starts Today Radio by Benjamin Brandt CFP®, RICP®.

This episode is 15:37 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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