Posted on 02/15/2024 8:00:45 PM PST by DoodleBob
Excuse me for poking my nose in here ... but just thought I'd throw this your way.
day trade ?
when you want ...
how you want ...
a little or a lot
everyday or just when ever.
there is an investment thread around here somewhere that is really interesting ...ping list thing
Adrenaline ..... current events...
I love the rush of the Q train ... it's better than a bass boat
You should never retire and enjoy life. Work intil 80 or 90, like Armani, Mung, and Buffet.
Sounds exactly like the advice you would get from “Bartleby”.
Ignore everybody’s advice, they don’t know you and your plan. Plan and do.
I was given the choice of take the shot or retire.
I have never been so busy since leaving the job I loved. I wanted to work at least another couple of years, but circumstances dictated otherwise.
Life is what you make it. If you want to work until you’re dead, that’s your choice. I’m having a great time doing what I want when I want for as long as I want.
If you want to live a life controlled by the whims of work, go for it. I’ll live for MY wants and needs.
That was a very useful and thoughtful post. Glad you took the time to write it. Kudos... no sarcasm.
Don’t travel, we hang around at the house-live in very rural Alaska on the Kenai river. Very fulfilling.
Congrats, nice ending!
Good for you?! That's a great attitude. In other words, everyone should do what's best for them. Thanks for the positive comment.
That's what I do.
What are you doing now?
“something to do that’s not brain-dead.”
Excuse me for poking my nose in here ... but just thought I’d throw this your way.
day trade ?
when you want ...
how you want ...
a little or a lot
everyday or just when ever.
**********************************************************************************
Did military/industrial electronics. system ops/maintenance, design/build modules when replacements not available, mentor the system techs and the new engineers, build automated test suites for maintenance/performance testing, system docs/corrections, beat up on b’crats (I always won)....
Day trade? Nope....
Not my train. Others do fine at it though.
Sounds like you may have had plenty of “numbers” to last a life time ..
I just thought I'd throw it out there , my wife and I have a good time with it but like you say , it's not for everybody.
It's something we can do while we travel and such. Get a little excitement.
I'm watching the overnight right now ..ndx..10yr bond and the dollar dxy
I made some pretty bold calls on the investment thread today,
so far I am looking like a brilliant prodigy ... ha ha .. but the fat lady hasn't even started to sing yet.
I hope you find that “not brain-dead” thing your looking for.
I imagine it's tough to find something challenging after some of things you've done.
But you will.
You poor devil! What an insult! In what kind of industry do they try to placate you with such measly raises?
Regards,
But what does that mean, actually?
I love beautiful sunsets. I love studying medieval European history. I love sitting up in bed in the morning, sipping espresso, posting on Free Republic, and gazing at the snow-covered Alps out my window.
Do these things "love me back?"
Perhaps I'm being dense here, but please help me understand.
Regards,
I retired 10 years ago and there hasn’t been a single day that I wished I was back at work.
That was his version of the story.
The truth might have been that they nudged him out because he was becoming increasingly incompetent, antagonizing coworkers, abusing underlings, etc.
Regards,
Who can afford to retire these days.
I make more in retirement than I did when I was working. It just took a little planning.
How about cracking a book? Or caring for a grandchild? How does your spouse feel about this?
Regards,
“part time at Home Depot”
That would be a losing proposition for me. I would lack the self control needed to leave my shift without buying something I really don’t need. I suspect employees get some kind of discount; that would just compound my self control problem.
I have always wanted to retire since I started working part time at 15 😁
This year is the year I will start to travel some, drive around the country. Plan on buying my youngest sister a house in Minnesota where she lives. I am in southern Calif.
I always have something to do around my place. I am not the type that needs to be at work. I like having no plans everyday.
Eventually I will buy a house for myself in Minnesota and maybe rent a place in Calif during the winter. You can buy 3 bigger homes for the price of one smaller home in Calif.
I am as of Nov 2021 retired. Six weeks later the AMD stock I have went from a high of $162 and then crashed by 1/3rd then by Oct 2022 down to $54+.
The last two years I worried about the savings after congress tanked the economy but the AMD stock I have has now reached $176 😁 I wished I bought nvidia the past year!! I think AMD will be like Nvidia and the shares will make me more comfortable before I buy Elon Musk Starlink IPO when it comes out maybe at the end of this year or 2025 or even 2026. That stock will ‘rocket’.
I have about 1/3rd less shares as before and had no plans to sell as I expected the stock to go up and not down and down 🙁 so I spent little money. Borrowed from the broker the money I had already paid taxes on. So owed no taxes 😁
“Staying in your job can provide purpose and challenge not found elsewhere.”
Alex Lifeson of the group RUSH had an interview a few weeks ago where he talks about the music he has been experimenting with lately. He said after RUSH ended (after more than 40 years) he played a lot of golf, owned a nightclub, etc. He said something like “After a year of that I thought - I can’t just play golf the rest of my life! So I got back into music. And just having fun with it. (Well, he’s put out two collaboration albums - so not just “fun”) Doing different things with it that I just really enjoy doing. I mean, it’s not like I need the money.”
ping
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.