Posted on 02/15/2024 8:00:45 PM PST by DoodleBob
I love my job, but when asked when I plan to retire, I tell people it’s “TBD” - Two Bad Days. I can punch at any time I want.
To add a second thought to the retirement equation… NO ONE that is on their death bed thinks “I should have spent more time at the office.”
Your vacations are staycations. Who needs TV when you have YouTube? Loads of 4k travelogues there. I would need hi-speed internet where you live. 25mbps at least. YouTube has loads n loads of homesteader content. Some are really raking in from YouTube paying them ----- https://www.youtube.com/@OffGridLife/videos
-- Everyone has two doctors. Their right foot and their left foot.
-- Walking is the best medicine --Hippocrates
“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” ~ Tacitus
Don’t know about never, but like working, have flexible hours and like the people I work with. Win-win all around.
Even when an employee reaches their mid fifties corporations start ushering them to the door so they can hire a couple of new grads to replace them for less money.
Plus, your life is pretty pitiful if the most meaningful part of it is your job. A career is a massive waste of life, not its fulfillment.
“I make more in retirement than I did when I was working. It just took a little planning.”
Thats a pretty rare thing these days. The company who bought us last year is planning to give the IT dept the boot at the end of 2024 and no one out there is willing to hire a 60+ year old IT guy these days.
I’m figuring the best thing financially for my family is for me to drop dead before I get the layoff so they can collect on the Life Insurance.
“golfing is time not spent training at the range”
Time and money spent at the driving range is better spent on the golf course, but don’t be too disappointed in yourself or the course if you come out with a bad score.
An issue is as it always is that there is a prejudice against senior people. You can be able to spin straw into gold, but after 65 or so, people don’t want you in the work place,
An issue is as it always is that there is a prejudice against senior people. You can be able to spin straw into gold, but after 65 or so, people don’t want you in the work place,
Pretty amazing. My husband ran into Scott Goodyear and had a lengthy conversation with him in Phoenix, AZ at a race in the late 90’s. He’s been to the Indy 500 many times. He’s a big fan of Formula 1 , Indy Cars and other non-Nascar racing.
I worked for Honeywell in the eighties. They had 98,000 employees. On average, they only sent out 18 retirement checks. That meant the average employee died 18 months after retiring. I knew people who retired and lived much, much longer. I noticed a difference between those who died and those who lived. The ones who died had their identity tied to their job. If you asked them “who” they were they’d say, “I’m a radar engineer for Honeywell.” Those who lived would say, “I’m an aspiring author,” or “I love fishing more than anything else.” Those who died early derived their identity from their work. Those who lived much longer derived their identify from family, church or from some deep well in the mountains of their mind.
I’m so glad I retired. I had developed so many physical problems I don’t know how I’d function in the workplace. I often see men much older than me bagging groceries or manning a register. They aren’t doing it for something to do. They’re out of money and must work to eat. Bagging groceries was my first ever paid job. It wasn’t fulfilling then, and it would be agony now.
Get a hobby. Volunteer.
I'm involved in several ministries, politically active and perform community service volunteering. So I've got plenty to do when I retire.
It's just the finality of it that has me nervous.
I worked to live, I did not live to work.
I, on the other hand, work to live but love to work!
I don't pursue money.
I pursue the sense of accomplishment.
Uh oh. I'm screwed.
“The ones who died had their identity tied to their job.
Uh oh. I’m screwed.”
You’re a porn star?!
Sense of accomplishment….. I early retired from the corporate world at age 53. We have spent the last 11 years restoring a 125 acre cattle ranch. Building fences, working cattle, clearing trails through the wooded parts with my tractor. Repairing and updating the house. I am now rich in sense of accomplishment….
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.