What advice do overseas retirees have for others considering retiring abroad?

"My wife and I retired to Costa Rica in 2013. Something we did that we felt helped was to prepare some "lists" before our scouting trips to CR: The first list was of things that we considered "essential" for where we planned to live (including housing, nearby conveniences, such as stores and restaurants, proximity to the beach and to an airport, etc.) The second list included items that would be nice to have but would not be essential; and the third list was of things we would like to avoid. It helped us to agree on what we wanted and helped us narrow down areas to look in," wrote a member who made the move to Tamarindo, Costa Rica.

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"If you don't have an external focus and are happy to embrace the natural bent to living here and connection to your true self - retirement is great. I've been here for the better part of eight years. It took me a number of years to let go of many things that I had identified with - like the work I had done for many, many years. Like my beautiful house in New England and my car and my ........ My, my, my, There's a lot of allowance and acceptance of what is that I had to evolve through. Once that passed, I became much more at ease here. Lifestyle is now what I make of it. Now that "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul" has become a reality, retirement for the moment and that's all I have, is great here," explained one expat living in Costa Rica.