Posted on 12/16/2017 7:02:48 PM PST by mdittmar
I enjoy driving, so I have a 3 day a week job for a company that transports wheelchair patients for hospitals, rehab centers etc.
I get to drive a hundred or two every day I work.
Great job, great small company that I don’t own but I have helped build through my diligence and steady work.
I eat my fruit I grow & read my novels to my wife
The patriarchs never retired.
They worked until they died.
There will always be something that I can find to do.
You said the key words: “Always enjoyed . . .”
Answered your own question.
G’luck, mate.
Got called back to contract
With my misspent youth I'll be lucky to hit 70;)
I joined a hand quilting guild where we make Quilts Of Valor for vets, and charity quilts for children in foster care.
Hubby bought a mega telescope.
We both have time to help more in our church.
Ten years ago we said we’d travel a lot after we retired. Then we rescued some feral kittens so are pretty much tied down to home.
The Amount You Have 600,000 You Plan to Withdraw 2500/Month Average Investment Return 6%
This calculation allows for comparison of the correlation between the lifespan of funds and their monthly withdrawable amounts.
Your monthly investment return is $2,921. So you can withdraw $2,500 per month infinitely.
Trying.
Don’t know if I can pull it off.
Also, Hubby volunteers at Hospice and has two clients assigned to him.
I guess I flunked retirement. I sub at the school I retired from 5 years ago. I enjoy teaching the kids but I don’t have to put up with unpleasant kids for more than a day or two. I tell people being a sub is like being a grandparent. Mess with the kids and let someone else clean up the mess.
But on days I don’t get called, I find it amazing how little one can get done if one gets up at 10. Weekends lose their their special nature. Grocery stores are peopled by geezers and geezeretes at 2 in the afternoon—no big crowds.
I’ve enjoyed retirement, so far. (Don’t know if my wife enjoys my retirement quite as much).
eBay raised it’s prices and the USPS killed everyone! Between the charges and shipping fees, they tend to make more than the seller. I had an item that weighed 9 pounds, they wanted $67 to ship it about 250 miles. It fit in a tube about 7’. (Deep sea rod) It was about a $600 rod, it sold for $300. No one wants to pay beyond that, because of the shipping costs.
Both of my brothers are doing what you’re thinking of doing. One brother, not retired, is living off e-bay sales, the other is supplementing his SS with e-bay sales.
I went back to work.
Just thinking of supplementing myself,picked up two items today,starting on inventory;)
Enjoy yourself. Health will likely deteriorate. You don’t want to be the old unhappy codger who brags about how large his investment portfolio is.
That’s tough work.
I retired for three years after selling my business. I spent a great deal of it riding around the country and making photos with a big panoramic film camera.
Then I went back to work in a job with almost no responsibility.
Retire at 50 while you can do physical stuff. Then go back to work for the last ten years.
I miss the freedom. Can’t wait to get up of the rat race.
I fly my glider, shoot on my gun range in my back yard, take trips with my wonderful wife, help her with her antique store and surf Free Republic. The antique store is just her hobby. She is a retired engineer and I a retired pharmacist. We both worked hard all our life.
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