After sending out 4000 surveys to retired people, here are the most commonly cited joys of retirement among the 7 responders.

Lying in bed early in the morning, listening to the roar of traffic as workers rush to their jobs.

Going to Costco midweek when when you don’t have to push as many people out of the way to get a free sample.

Streaming episodes of Friends, hoping to find one that you missed. You know, the one where someone did something.

Being the first to pull your garbage can back from the curb, then giving neighbors snooty looks when they drag theirs back in the evening.

Senior Pickle Ball leagues. When you’re 65 and kicking the butts of 85 year-olds, you’ll feel like John McEnroe. Yes, I am serious.

A 3% increase in SS benefits in a year when inflation was 14%.

Waiting breathlessly for a new post on nextdoor to find out if anyone has found Mittens.

Watching the new Matlock series starring the crazy lady who broke James Caan’s ankles with a sledge hammer. (IYKYK)

Finally figuring out how to get the camera on your phone to stop taking pictures of yourself.

Having time to work on projects you could not get to when you were working, then deciding to do it tomorrow instead. Or maybe next week.

Taking an afternoon nap and not feeling guilty about it.

Taking a morning nap and not feeling guilty about it.

Benefits like these make retirement virtually irresistible.