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Financial planning forretirementcan be tricky.

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This is why its a good idea to trim or even eliminate most subscription services once you retire.

For one thing, most subscription services are luxuries, not necessities.

In retirement, however, neither benefit really applies.

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Most retirees also dont generally need all of the equipment they are indirectly paying for with a gym membership.

Multiple Streaming Services

Streaming services are popular acrossall age groups, and with good reason.

But things can get out of control if you start signing up forevery available serviceunder the sun.

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Anything That Renews Automatically

Probably the biggest gotcha in the subscription world is thestandard auto-renewal feature.

Either way, auto-renewal can be an unnecessary drain onyour finances.

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