Work is good for the male soul.
Does not the whole results of the “me” generation prove this?
Was not the “greatest generation’s” work ethic unquestioned?
It seems we have lost our way....work is GOOD FOR a man.
So, if you do “retire” professionally, make sure you have a second vocation.
The “Me Generation” funded retirement of “The Greatest Nation”
That’s the simple truth.
Retired 2 years ago at 61, they offered a buy out to us old farts that they wanted to get rid of that I just couldn’t turn down. Every body kept asking me “what are you going to do now”. I told them that I had a plan and now was a good time to implement it before things got any worse. Worked on the plan for the last 12 years I was employed by those rat bastards; holidays, weekends and vacations and it was ready when they made the offer. I was the division supervisor for all shops the last 23 years I was there, my new bosses biggest complaint was “ Your leaving with all of the institutional knowledge of the facilities”; yup, you had your chance to learn and you chose to be a desk jockey. Adios, rubberhead.
Now I am just a dumb old farmer; had a great year last year; ate a lot of what I grew, put up and preserved a lot, and sold a lot under the table to other folks. I even had a enough left over to donate to the food bank in town.
I have not applied for SS; even though I paid into it my entire working life, it’s a ponzi scheme and a scam for the feds to keep track of everybody from the cradle to the grave. Their records are so screwed up that hopefully they will think I have croaked and just forget about me.