90 days until retirement

[Narrowback]

I announced on Wednesday at the meeting that I will be retiring on November 13th. Some were shocked, others jealous, but all congratulated me.

Now, I've got to work out the details and help find someone to take over. I'll be busy, but that's good; it'll help the time go by faster.

One minute I'm so excited I can't wait, then I start getting nervous. But in all of it, I know it's time.

 

[pmanton]

I retired in Sept 2000. I immediately went to school full time for 2 years to learn something new. Sometimes I wish I was still working so I'd not be so busy. My best part is that my wife is my best friend and we're together 24-7. Now if it would just cool off so we could go shooting

 

[HoleCarder]

Work is an escape from freedom.

Congrats man.

 

[sheepdawg]

Four and a half months for me.

 

[dougb1946]

Lesson 1 for day 1
When you wake up, roll over and go back to sleep.
Lesson 2
Don't do today anything you can put off until some other day.
Lesson 3
When someone asks what you have planned for today, try not to laugh too hard at her.

 

[Narrowback]

Four and a half months for me.

Since you retired or until you retire? I assume you've been retired that long. So how is it? Am I going to be euphoric the rest of my life.

 

[Narrowback]

Lesson 1 for day 1
When you wake up, roll over and go back to sleep.
Lesson 2
Don't do today anything you can put off until some other day.
Lesson 3
When someone asks what you have planned for today, try not to laugh too hard at her.

I love Lesson 3. Ha!

Well, maybe I'll tell her about the fly-fishing trip I'll be planning for next June.

 

[cowart]

90 days until retirement

Note that if you plan to apply for Social Security, it takes 90 days before they get the flow of $ going.

 

[Narrowback]

Note that if you plan to apply for Social Security, it takes 90 days before they get the flow of $ going.

Thanks, yeah I know. I won't be eligible for SS for a couple of years, but that was one area that I wasn't sure of. My wife worked for the State, so she isn't eligible to draw, but can draw half of mine when I apply. The catch was that she took her pension many years ago when she left, and we needed to make sure that it didn't include any State contributions. It took us a while, but we got a letter from the State to give to SS when I do file.

There's a lot to think about, which is what makes me nervous. I keep asking myself, what am I missing.

 

[cowart]

I keep asking myself, what am I missing.

If you are fairly well off financially, there might be a tax advantage to not drawing any retirement income until January vs. starting in November. Its a pretty complicated subject.

 

[FPrice]

I retired from the AF on Dec 31, 2004 but was back at work less than two years later. You DO need something to do with your time. Right now I plan on retiring (again - didn't get it right the first time) in about two years.

Make sure you understand the financial impacts of retiring. Some do not and lose money they shouldn't use.

 

[MCorps0311]

I've been retired since 09,and love it.I found out a few days ago the wife is going to retire in Jan.2017,I can here the honeydo's now.

 

[twodog max]

I retired in 2013. I love it. I tried to work part time a couple years ago and could not stand the routine and that did not last. I keep busy most of the time but the real hot and cold weather can be a little tiresome at times. Manage your money close and don't sleep all the time and keep something going on and it is OK.

 

[Zipdog]

Note that if you plan to apply for Social Security, it takes 90 days before they get the flow of $ going.

Not true. I got my first payment 8 days after applying.

 

[Hunter8282]

Some were shocked, others jealous, but all congratulated me.

Count me in the jealousy camp!

Congrats! (15 more years for me )

 

[joe44va]

Went thru that 5 years ago. Well worth the anxiety. I now get to spend more time with my granddaughter than I ever spent with my own kids. I shoot more, I reload more, I fish more, I daydream more, my wife and I travel more and I love tooling around in my Corvette. All those working years were worth it. You will survive and prosper!

 

[Salty RI]

I hope that's not on a Friday.

 

[brewster7]

Went thru that 5 years ago. Well worth the anxiety. I now get to spend more time with my granddaughter than I ever spent with my own kids. I shoot more, I reload more, I fish more, I daydream more, my wife and I travel more and I love tooling around in my Corvette. All those working years were worth it. You will survive and prosper!

Now that's the kind of positive thinking I look for!

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Retired in 2014........Retirement.....Best job I've ever had......

 

[carpriver]

I have been retired several times, the last time was in 2013, the last place folded taking with the retirement funds. I retired in 2003 from a community mental health agency. I retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1, Oct. 1986. Retirement is great. I don't make plans, I just what feels right at the moment. I get reload more often, roast coffee once a week. make a trip to the range 2-3 times a week, the big choice is to shoot outdoors or inside. My wife and I go on road trips on the spur of the moment. This year has been a bit different as there has been family health problems. Enjoy your hobbies, find news ones, enjoy your family.