logo
welcome
Insider

Insider

A boomer retired early and moved to a California beach house. She regretted it, returned to work, and sold the house.

Insider
Summary
Nutrition label

83% Informative

Misty Miller , 65 , regretted retiring early because she thought she was well off.

Miller found retirement isolating and financially challenging, so she returned to work.

Miller is one of more than 3,800 older Americans who have shared their biggest regrets with Business Insider .

We want to hear from you. Are you an older American with any life regrets you'd be comfortable sharing with a reporter?.

"The master plan just didn't work out for me," says Lisa Miller .

Miller now has about $450,000 saved.

She plans to invest in her Roth 401(k) and put all her money into an S&P index fund.

She also hopes to rekindle her relationships with family and prioritize her friends.

VR Score

87

Informative language

85

Neutral language

70

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

32

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

22

https://www.businessinsider.com/american-dream-buying-home-homeownership-difficult-2024-11?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/retirement-social-security-regrets-401k-divorce-moving-financial-mistakes-aarp-2024-11?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/older-americans-regret-retirement-savings-taking-social-security-early-investments-2024-10?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/boomers-regret-financing-retirement-social-security-401k-investing-stocks-cancer-2024-10?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/careers-regrets-retirement-unemployment-boomers-college-degree-age-discrimination-ageism-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/10-us-cities-with-profitable-beach-houses-2023-7?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/boomer-retired-early-regretted-decision-social-isolation-overspending-real-estate-2024-12https://www.businessinsider.com/older-americans-regret-social-lives-retirement-savings-lonely-social-security-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/older-americans-unretiring-regret-not-saving-retirement-social-security-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/older-americans-retirement-regrets-selling-real-estate-investing-retiring-early-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/investing/what-is-401k?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/middle-class-americans-earning-above-poverty-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-2024-4?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/millionaire-investing-saving-spending-financial-independence-retire-early-fire-2024-9?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/how-social-security-works-medicare-food-stamps-retirement-elder-poverty-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/frugal-gen-x-cant-watch-kids-unwrap-gifts-excess-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/retired-at-40-teaching-teens-kids-investment-strategies-frugal-ways-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/investing/best-retirement-plans?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/medical-diagnosis-retirement-planning-social-security-401k-cancer-ssdi-stroke-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScB-4a6dV6jak2g6t-CoOdxFIENDSZggxHVbvsz6ry4dGoUjg/viewform?usp=sf_linkhttps://www.businessinsider.com/retirement-regrets-saving-investing-loneliness-parenting-older-americans-survey-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/retirement-savings-oversaving-boomers-social-security-sacrifice-family-vacations-friends-2024-12?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.comhttps://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/investing/what-is-inflation?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.com

Affiliate links

no affiliate links