Why I Like Retirement !
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OLDSTER
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Wifey and I have been retired for 5 years. When asked what we like most we answer " not knowing or caring what day it is ". My favorite on the OP's post is second from last re; missing the people at work.
Wifey and I have been retired for 5 years. When asked what we like most we answer " not knowing or caring what day it is ". My favorite on the OP's post is second from last re; missing the people at work.
wingriderz
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Being I was forced into an early retirement at mid 50's ( health wise) It hasent been easy I worked an average of 67 to 100 hours a week for 35 years hours a week . So it has been an adjustment the last six years. I do miss some I worked with. But I don't miss some along with employers. There is a huge long list of really bad employers in this state up to an including criminals.But that is on bolth sides too. I do have some fond memories of co workers that we keep in touch with. Weird part about that some of them more than one where forced into early retirement too. Those 100 weeks take a very heavy toll.
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hpfenning
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I have 34 months to go...Not that I am counting...Looking forward to retiring.
After I quit work a guy I just met asked me what I did for a living. I told him I cash checks.
He wanted to know how it worked. Did I charge a set amount for each check or a per cent of the amount.
I told him I keep it all. The checks I cash are pension, ss and dividend checks. So far I am making a living from it.
Retirement is great. Larry
He wanted to know how it worked. Did I charge a set amount for each check or a per cent of the amount.
I told him I keep it all. The checks I cash are pension, ss and dividend checks. So far I am making a living from it.
Retirement is great. Larry
I hate sleeping through My nap.
AZretired
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Retired from LE in July 2006, went back to work in private security in Sept. '06 and retired again in 2015. The last 2 years have been great but I do try and keep busy, fishing, shooting, coffee with buddies, Kiwanis and just putzing around the house. Can't stand to just sit in front of the TV for more the a couple hours a day.
oneounceload
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I'd get a lot more done around the house if Al Gore hadn't invented the Internet. Amazing how much time gets occupied so you can't get to the lawn mowing, honey-dos, etc.......
Huskerguy
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Hey Farmer, that would be me. I have retired three times now. I have been done filling in as a Director (they wanted me to stay, not my thing) at a non-profit last March. Wife and I thought we would travel all June and July. Had June booked, came home at the end of the month so stinking tired, we stayed home in July. I put in my application to sub teach at local high schools and they offered me a para job which I turned down for $10.50/hr (I have a master's degree plus and they said I would be bored sitting in class all day) and they said good, because we really wanted to offer you another job. So I said I would look at it. Now I go around to 12 different school districts and help the special needs kids with assistive technology. I am my own boss, manage no one, report to no one, set my own schedule, can't work more than 37.5 hours a week, have to take 30 minutes for lunch and I work a little over 180 days, same schedule as my wife who works at a school. I am 63 1/2 and already have my school retirement that we can live on.
Last February we took 9 days, 4 for travel, 5 for being there and went down to south Texas with some friends who winter down there. It was nice and all, enjoyed our time together and the sites but I was ready to get back home and back to work. It was only the second time in 30 years we have taken 5 consecutive days off.
My wife wants to work 2-3 more years, she loves what she does for kids. I would get bored not working and not helping kids. This is very low key, a little stressful learning all the new technology and there is a ton of it every day but I love it. I can see me ready to hang up the cleats though in another year and a half.
When I see the face of a kid light up who can hardly see and I show him a way he can type by talking or one who aims his iPad at a paper and it reads the text to him, that is special, or a kid who is confined to a wheel chair and communicates by moving their eyes on a screen and it talks for them. How do you beat that?
All that said, next year will DEFINITELY be my last, no kidding, no matter what, for sure, without a doubt, no changing my mind, uh huh for sure. That will be retirement # 4 and the last???
I have to add this part. I have been a teacher and administrator for 32 years. I gained a good reputation as an administrator who can take on the dirty jobs and get things turned around. My wife said "don't look for a job, they always call you, God will direct you to the right one, they will call." Well, this one called and a college east of here called as well. I turned the college down, that was HUGE for me, that is my love, or was.
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I retired four years ago due to health. I do miss my customers, teaching, playing and the repair work but, having said that , if I had known how much fun and fulfilling raising three grandkids would be, I would have pulled the plug sooner.
brigeton
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I retired a little over 3 years ago at 62. My wife is still working for about a year & a half till she can get medicare. It sometimes gets a little boring cause she is gone all day but I can live with it. She gets quite a bit of vacation so we go camping for 4 or 5 weeks a year.
I still get up at 5-5:30 every morning. Most mornings I either go fishing or take the dog for a walk. I have a 6 month lab that needs a lot of exercise to quiet the crazy a little. I have about a 4 mile loop that we walk through the woods, no leash required.
After lunch I usually take a little nap then putter until it's time to start dinner. I've turned into a pretty good cook.
I still get up at 5-5:30 every morning. Most mornings I either go fishing or take the dog for a walk. I have a 6 month lab that needs a lot of exercise to quiet the crazy a little. I have about a 4 mile loop that we walk through the woods, no leash required.
After lunch I usually take a little nap then putter until it's time to start dinner. I've turned into a pretty good cook.
TomkinsSP
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I must have done it wrong because my schedule is still full, only the tasks have changed.
rburg
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I'm going to find fault with the first one. The idea there are 6 Saturdays and Sunday. I hate Saturdays. All the fools who are still working clog up the hardware stores and gun shops. They want to squeeze a full weeks fun into one day. I've concluded the best thing to do on Saturday is to sleep in or go to a gun show. Monday through Friday are good days to do what workers can't. Most retiree's I know wish weekends would just go away, or the working class would work those days, too.
I turn 55 and will be eligible to retire in November, but probably won't be able to afford it for a few more years.
BUT, I'm starting to think about taking my pension and working at something I enjoy instead of continuing with my current career. Or maybe not.
Just being at a point where I have that option may make it easier to stick with it a few more years.
BUT, I'm starting to think about taking my pension and working at something I enjoy instead of continuing with my current career. Or maybe not.
Just being at a point where I have that option may make it easier to stick with it a few more years.
I retired about 8 months ago. My wife....12 months ago.
I don't like to pull out the "I've never been busier." line, and I don't. But I am amazed at how all-of-a-sudden it's dinner time. Not that I'm go-go-go all the time. It's just that there are things to do and then the day is over. There are things to do around the house. They can be pursued leisurely and not in a panic. I recently acquired bunch of range brass (much much more than I usually get) as a result of visiting a friend's range. Now I have the time to process, clean and load it.
A relative asked me a few months ago how I tell the difference between the weekdays and the weekends. I said "Based on the number of people in the grocery store."
It is funny: We now see holidays as a day to STAY HOME. The roads and stores are too crowded.
I don't like to pull out the "I've never been busier." line, and I don't. But I am amazed at how all-of-a-sudden it's dinner time. Not that I'm go-go-go all the time. It's just that there are things to do and then the day is over. There are things to do around the house. They can be pursued leisurely and not in a panic. I recently acquired bunch of range brass (much much more than I usually get) as a result of visiting a friend's range. Now I have the time to process, clean and load it.
A relative asked me a few months ago how I tell the difference between the weekdays and the weekends. I said "Based on the number of people in the grocery store."
It is funny: We now see holidays as a day to STAY HOME. The roads and stores are too crowded.
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joeintexas
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I like the idea that I can eat ice cream at 9am if I want to and have a stiff drink at 2pm if the urge hits. Or go to the gun range on Tuesday, fish Wednesday, Thursday is treatment day then Friday to the beach for brunch. Never knew life could be so hectic lol. Do miss the paychecks though, someone seems to have reduced my pay considerably.
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