What People in Their 70s Wish They’d Known at 50

By Monique Rhodes

January 23, 2026


Everyone says “I’ll do that later.”
But people in their 70s are saying something different:

“I wish I’d known what later really felt like.”

This episode is built on years of honest conversations with retirees — and what they wish they’d told their 50-year-old selves.

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