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Thinking of going back to work at 65.

Posted on 04/24/2019 10:12:30 AM PDT by Catmom

Any thoughts? Personal experiences? Advice?

BTW, it's voluntary, pretty much not necessary financially. I've been getting an income stream from my investments and just signed up for Medicare.

Thanks.


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To: Catmom

If you don’t need the money you might consider volunteering.
Schools need help, hospitals, charities, museums...
Lots of stimulating possibilities to engage and learn.


21 posted on 04/24/2019 10:25:53 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Catmom
You are out of your mind! Get some hobbies.


22 posted on 04/24/2019 10:26:53 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: PGalt

I’m pretty much already doing that. I just have too much energy, mental and physical.

I think a lot about my folks at the same age. My father was legally blind and couldn’t leave the house alone and my mother at the same age as I was playing cards with “the girls” in the retirement community clubhouse.

My brother, OTOH, was working full time, and more, till he was 68. He liked working but I don’t think it was completely voluntary.


23 posted on 04/24/2019 10:26:55 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.r)
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To: Red Badger

Ya want fries wit dat??


24 posted on 04/24/2019 10:27:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: bankwalker

That’s why part time is best...if you can afford it.


25 posted on 04/24/2019 10:27:55 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.r)
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To: Professional; Catmom
Catmom (And Professional can chime in on this),

Since you're on Medicare make sure you're new MAGI doesn't increase your premiums for Part B and Part D. If you have a nice income that's at the top of the limit before being charged a higher premium, it might be best to do charity work for free (i.e. I'll probably volunteer more at my church).

https://libertymedicare.com/blog/medicare-part-d-part-b-premiums-by-income/

26 posted on 04/24/2019 10:28:03 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Catmom

Go for it. Not working is not all it’s cracked up to be anyway. 8>)


27 posted on 04/24/2019 10:28:25 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Catmom

If you want to do it, do it.

I know a number of people who continued to work or went back to work after retiring.

As long as it’s something you like to do, it’s a good thing.


28 posted on 04/24/2019 10:28:26 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: PaulZe

What do you do again?


29 posted on 04/24/2019 10:28:29 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.r)
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To: Bonemaker

Concur. I will be retiring 12/31/2019

I.CAN’T.WAIT!


30 posted on 04/24/2019 10:28:35 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Jane Long

Yes. And there’s got to be a ton of them if they’re thinking of hiring an old broad like me to tend to their boo boos.


31 posted on 04/24/2019 10:30:41 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.r)
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To: doggieboy

I have CATS, dude, or did you miss my screen name?

Besides, dogs are too much work.


32 posted on 04/24/2019 10:31:58 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.r)
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To: Catmom

Is there a hospital around that could use your help? Not talking volunteer work. Maybe as a greeter or someone to push wheelchairs around? I knew I wanted to be helping people. I retired a few years early...got bored...and started considering something like that. Then we decided to move and build on the lake, so that’s been the full-time job every since. But, I was going nutso. It’s not that there weren’t things to do...life just seemed to lack structure.


33 posted on 04/24/2019 10:32:04 AM PDT by moovova
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To: outofsalt

Already doing that at my church.

I’m one of the leading ladies of the Altar Society!


34 posted on 04/24/2019 10:32:59 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.r)
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To: Catmom

I just think it important to keep busy. Working pt at a job you enjoy seems like a reasonable option. Personally I’d rather travel, but to each their own.


35 posted on 04/24/2019 10:33:03 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Catmom

I am 65 and went back to work for Sears on a part time basis in February. Don’t need the money (planning to donate a large part of it to my dog rescue), just want to get out of the house. But I am going to leave in the next couple of weeks due to back and knee issues.


36 posted on 04/24/2019 10:33:13 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: bankwalker

Ditto that. Work part time; play part time; avoid hitting the retirement funds and delay SS until 70. Keeps you healthier and wealthier. It may even help with wise. Studies show (one of the most dangerous phrases in the English language) that remaining employed in a stimulating occupation correlates with a reduced incidence of dementia.


37 posted on 04/24/2019 10:33:25 AM PDT by p. henry
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To: Bonemaker

Such as...?

I’ve been trying to find one for the last two years.


38 posted on 04/24/2019 10:34:05 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.r)
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To: Catmom

Oh...I didn’t see your post #9.


39 posted on 04/24/2019 10:34:27 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Catmom

If it is something you like doing, I say go for it.

If it is something you are going to hate, life is too short.

I, myself, am angling for a position where I can use my technical experience that does not have a lot of pressure and management responsibilities. If I can find the right job, I don’t think I will ever retire.


40 posted on 04/24/2019 10:35:49 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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