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With mixed feelings I handed my letter of intent to retire from the city I've spent over a third of my life serving. From maintaining 3.2 miles of A1A landscaping to servicing meters, mains, and hydrants to sending decent effluent back to Ma Nature it's time to get to living. I'll spend my days catching up on doing things I haven't done in a while (house maintenance) things I've managed to miss doing and things I just plain miss doing.

Looking forward to the change with excitement and a bit of trepidation, just glad the love of my life is by my side.
 
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Congrats, This will be my tenth year and man it seems like yesterday. Having a plan is important, keep yourself in touch with friends or if your lucky make new ones. The main thing for those of us that spent our lives working for the public is continue to do something for others, at least in my opinion. I volunteer down at a local rifle range which isn't truly service but its the thought that counts. The range has me up at a certain time three days a week, but if I have something more important I can easily not go.
Best of luck, if you planned for it your going to have a great time.
 
dmn57 said:
Welcome to the club. Hopefully, like me, you'll find it to be the best job you ever had.
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How can it be such a great job with no days off, no paid vacation and no holidays:D?

Every week has 6 Saturdays and 1 Sunday.

I just celebrated the 7th anniversary of my retirement on December 31, 2015 at 3:30 PM ( I was looking at my watch when I turned the ignition key to leave the office for the last time - I wanted to savor the moment).

With very little effort you will find yourself so busy you'll wonder how you had time to work.

Congratulations from a fellow retiree.
 
On a more serious note, you can expect everyone around you to go out of their way to help you out at this point in your life. They will all have plenty of suggestions on how you can spend all of your time every day. Spouse, children, grandchildren, church groups, fraternal organizations, everyone in your life will offer you endless opportunities to fill your day with all of their chores and needs.

Stand firm! Say "no" clearly and frequently! All of those helpful suggestions will be truly helpful to someone else, but eat up your days, weeks, months, and years.

Get out of bed when you feel like it (okay, when you really need to relieve yourself). Go where you want to go. Do what you want to do. Above all, never succumb to the guilt trips people will lay on you as they plan your "free time" to their wants or needs.

After 7 years of retirement I am still amazed by the number of fishing spots I have never visited. If the weather is lousy there will always be a neighborhood tavern nearby that I have never visited.

Cell phones all have a "mute" function, and voice mail is a perfectly valid way of maintaining communications on your own schedule and convenience.

I know far too many guys my age who can't figure out how they ever had time to work for a living due to schedules and chores dictated by everyone around them.

Congratulations! You worked for it, you earned it, now do your best to enjoy it.
 
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