Posted on 02/15/2024 8:00:45 PM PST by DoodleBob
but I wish I was still working....
Oh wait, I’ve got a better idea: GFY globalist scum.
You could retool and do something else, like a nutritionist.
Personally, I am not going to retire until I feel comfortable that we will be in a good spot. I hope that will be 15 years from now. If we aren’t ready financially, then I wont retire. My job is steady, there are some modern computer improvements, but mostly it’s the same, and it’s an office job, so it’s not hard on my body that way.
We’ve got plans to see the USA, but it will be what it will be.
Life is better lived with daily mini-vacations, where you do the retirement stuff along the way or as a side hobby during your free times.
If your job gets too much, then it's time to stop and retire.
There are plenty of other jobs where you can be productive but it's not as demanding.
Wal-Mart is always hiring. Just saying.
I retired one year before I was supposed to in 2016. Worked for the gubment. Couldn’t take the bs any longer. Worked for 4 years in the civilian world only to make up the income lost until I turned 60 and the retirement checks started flowing.
Don’t travel, we hang around at the house-live in very rural Alaska on the Kenai river. Very fulfilling.
I was a wage slave my entire career. But I kicked in 8% into my 401(k) for 30 years knowing that when I retired, I’d be better off financially than when I was working at the top of my pay grade with annual raises of $500. PER YEAR.
I’ve been retired now for two years. Do I miss the hour and a half commute? EACH WAY? Take a guess.
What a vapid article.
The notion that pursuit of money is the way to spend one’s later years is sad.
On the other hand, if people don’t have children and grandchildren about whom they care work might be a good place for them.
Don’t love something that can’t love you back.
Time and money spent on a cruise is time not spent improving your property and life.
There is no point in pointless pursuits.
I planned ahead. I have nine beautiful grandchildren. Home schooling, vacations with grandkids, I can still play baseball. I’m involved in all their lives and enjoy every minute of my retirement. My biggest problem in retirement is wasting time here.
retirement simply means stop doing things your not crazy about be cause you have to ...
and start doing things you want to .... because you want to.
It is sad that so many men die within a couple of years of “retiring”. Life is short enough ... find things that fulfill you, DO THINGS ...
I’m having a great time. GFY.
What percentage of retirees are "extremely driven"?
What a pile of BS. I “was somebody important”. Routinely making multi-million dollar decisions. But, I was working for a company that cared more about DEI and reducing CO2 than they were making a profit. I couldn’t WAIT to leave that bunch behind.
It’s been 8 months now. I’ve played a LOT of golf, been on three cruises, and played plenty with my grandkids. I’ve also been able to participate in many local events that I would have missed before. I’m NOT bored yet.
If I ever am, there will always be places to work or volunteer.
Genesis 3:23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
When mankind fell in the Garden of Eden, God gave them a purpose... and that purpose is called work.
Retirement is for the rich.
Who can afford to retire these days.
Work till your dead will be what most of us will have to do. Especially if your 60 and have a 9 yr. old to take care of.
“Don’t love something that can’t love you back.”
Sage advice. Just printed. Going on the fridge.
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