Barry

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.

And so, you know, a little bit less stress.

It doesn't mean that you don't get other stress once you retire.

You do, but at least that part.

So those are two very big things.

And the life satisfaction, you know, Stan, as you alluded to, is doing things that you like to do that you didn't have time to do, but also to start engaging in things.

This now, you know, Clarence, I'm riding two horses here.

The legacy piece not only goes to