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
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.
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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).
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.
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.
I kept four of my clients and still design embedded electronics and write firmware for the devices. For fun I teach Embedded Computing at the local high school. I have only one class each day, but the kids are techie types who relish the class. I also mentor their robotics team. These are well behaved kids who are a pleasure to know.
Enjoyed it for about 6 months doing projects around the house and resting. Job hunted for about 6 months. With a couple of small gaps, I’ve been working ever since. I plan on trying it again in 5 - 10 years.
One thing you'll find out after you retire is that time seems to go by a lot faster than it did when you were working.
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let me tell you about my Grandma Moses of California original painting that I got at Goodwill....
Anything I want. I cut cost because I really couldn't retirement with the same lifestyle. Everything is paid off so I pinch pennies and work around the house. I have many projects to do. More than I can afford or will have to do in my lifetime so I'm all set to stay busy. Get out of bed and stay moving. Walk. Meditate. Think about what makes you happy. Do you wish to move to another location? Do you have hobbies? These are the questions you must ask yourself.
The only bad thing about doing nothing is feeling guilty about it.
“What did you do when you retired?”
Anything I wanted. For some reason a lot of people hate that answer. But for me who was so choked with stress, it’s been one of the best things I’ve ever done.
Six months retired:
1. Developed a very detailed financial plan. Spent a lot of time rebalancing portfolio and analyzing spending. Ran a lot of Monte Carlo simulations using Portfoliovisualizer.com (SUPER financial tools). Keeping a close eye on this market!
2. Re-evaluated our house insurance and found we have been underinsured. Cost to rebuild after a disaster in SF Bay Area is staggering and all the natural disasters this year got me spooked. Talked to builder friends to get realistic estimates to rebuild. Purchased earthquake insurance and more liability insurance.
3. Got bids for a number of deferred home improvement projects — new driveway, bath remodel, seismic retrofit, and residential fire sprinklers. These projects will take at least 7 months to complete.
4. Lots of small fix-it and improvement projects. Taking TONS of donations to Goodwill.
4. Ramped up my hikes around SF Bay Area. Been climbing all the mountains around us. Joined several MeetUp hiking groups. Great way to meet new people.
5.Talking to several orgs about volunteer work. Haven’t started any, but’s going to get involved.
6. Family trips and holiday get togethers.
Don’t miss working for corporations one bit! Good luck.
My husband got invited to retire by his company.
Not his choice.
He started his own business.
We travel a lot and visit the kids.
Realizing I am staring my own mortality in the face due to health issues, I have decided to start going through all the stuff in our house and getting rid of anything I or the kids don’t want or need.
When my m-i-l passed, we had two places to clean out, on in FL and one in NY. She was not a pack rat by any means but what a massive job. I do not want to do that to my kids.
I want to make it as easy for them as possible.
They’ll still have their work cut out for them, but I don’t want to do to them what we had to go through.
Downsize now when you have a say in what goes where.