Barry

And so, so they do great research and then I pick up on things and then I could do a little bit more to keep me on my toes.

And that keeps, you know, keeps them sharp.

So, but that decision was more,

It wasn't because, a big thing, it wasn't because of health reasons that I needed to retire.

It's that I chose to do that with the idea that I can now devote myself to doing things that I really want to do.

Oftentimes when we work, we do things that we have to do.

And so life satisfaction changes.

Well, actually, it's not just how I feel about it.

It's what some of the research shows.

Since our companionship and partnership on the show is a little bit of a medical perspective for me.

So retirement does have

negative and positive effects.

I mean, I think that's the thing.

It's not always a balance.

And so what I thought I'd do is because the list isn't really that long.

And so I'm going to start out with the positive effects of retirement, which we sort of, you know, Stan, I think your book example is perfect.

The positives of retirement for many people is that it improves your overall mental health.

Um, from, and, and life satisfaction and, and what goes into life satisfaction, being able to read a book, you know, there's, you know, there's one right there.

Oftentimes working, um, I don't know, for me, it's, it, you know, it's stressful.

I mean, work, you know, working, you know, is stressful.