Life after retirement...
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Fat Frank
US Veteran
Oh man.
So, It's not just me...?
So, It's not just me...?
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coltle6920
Member
The alarm clock went in the trash 5yrs ago along with a lot of stress.I sleep when I'm tired and eat when I'm hungry.
gdnagle
US Veteran
With all my work related ailments I'm still glad I made it. Feels good to get back some of what I paid in.
And I can relate to the chart. Do what you want and when you want and no one telling you to do it, except the better half which can be worse then working. When working I never stayed up till 1-2 am and got back up at 7 and wasn't tired. Retirement is great everyone needs to get there as soon as they can.
And I can relate to the chart. Do what you want and when you want and no one telling you to do it, except the better half which can be worse then working. When working I never stayed up till 1-2 am and got back up at 7 and wasn't tired. Retirement is great everyone needs to get there as soon as they can.
Before I retired, I would get up at 5:00 AM or a little before. Now, a gentleman of leisure, I treat myself to sleeping late, arising at 5:30AM. Actually, that IS late, it's 8:30 on the east coast where I had previously lived.
Kaaskop49
Shield #5103
Kaaskop49
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I wake up at 5 AM every day and have to get up, too much to do. The laundry, the errands, the coffee shop groups, the breakfast groups, the skeet league, the trap league, the bullseye league. Last summer I hardly had time to go fishing. Of course there's the 2-3 hours a day on the S&W Forum. Of course you have to work in that little nap every afternoon, then it's happy hour and before you know it's dinner time.
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Bill Bates
Member
I tried retirement once. After a year or so the wife said she was tired of twice as much husband and only half as much income and she strongly encouraged me to go back to work.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
Retirement isn't the end of your life as some think. It's the next chapter of our lives so don't prolong it, embrace it. Accept it, breathe it, live it, enjoy it.
I have more fishing tackle than a mom and pop bait shop. I have new reels n rods that I expect to wear out next year. Or I'm going to try too. I buy every new fishing lure just to test it to see if it works.
I'm stocked up on target ammo too.
Retirement I hope there's enough time to enjoy it.
The misses is still working.
I have more fishing tackle than a mom and pop bait shop. I have new reels n rods that I expect to wear out next year. Or I'm going to try too. I buy every new fishing lure just to test it to see if it works.
I'm stocked up on target ammo too.
Retirement I hope there's enough time to enjoy it.
The misses is still working.
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coltle6920
Member
That's a slow day for me.Some days the Forum is a little stale.
It's been real good! You gotta have a plan and know your limitations.
I apologize for missing your activity chart when I opened your thread. Don't know that I could keep up such a vigorous pace!
My gal is 20 years younger than I, divorced, and has a 14 y.o. son. I am always available and more than happy to help him with his schooling. I'm a de facto family member. If my lungs hold out, I'll be honored to see him through college. If they don't, his college has already been provided for. But please don't tell him yet.
There's more to me than just J-frames.
Kaaskop49
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eyegots2no
Member
I think all of you guys get mail box money.
just jim
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Life has never been better. No boss, able to do things when you want without having pressure to get it done and able to come and go as you please. Sleep comes easy without thinking what work is going to be done the next day. Yard work is no longer "get it done before the end of the weekend".
Best part is to go by where the crew is working and just stand an smile.
Best part is to go by where the crew is working and just stand an smile.
greenmachine
Member
Illegal aliens get it, so why not me too? Five companies over 45 years, paid in the max for 42 of those years. It is EARNED money on my 'investment'.
I say I'm semi-retired, go to the shop most every day for a few hours, kind of like the "Old Man" on Pawn Stars.
I enjoy eating what and when I want to, same with sleeping.
Which reminds me, I think there is a nap missing, better see if I can find it.
I enjoy eating what and when I want to, same with sleeping.
Which reminds me, I think there is a nap missing, better see if I can find it.
photobiker
Member
I am so looking forward to it. I'm hoping for 8 or 9 months from now. Like BigBill said, it's just a new chapter in life.
hoosierone
Member
The only downside is if you have health issues. Changes the perspective. That aside, I never regretted retiring when I did at age 59.
I retired back in February. In May the wife and I wore out the bream & shell crackers at Clarks Hill. Then came turkey season. Now deer season and everyday is gun & shooting season. Health is good and life is good for both of us. We have been blessed.
