Practice this:
Welcome to Wal-Mart.................
or this:
Would you like fries with that?..............
Life...enjoy what remains of yours. Be of help to family and friends. Stay healthy.
Start your own business if possible.
“... it’s voluntary, pretty much not necessary financially.”
What is your reason for wanting to do it?
If it’s boredom/time on your hands, I would choose something to do that’s more personally rewarding than “going back to work”.
I am a Registered Investment Advisor. I own my own firm.
A retiree can make a very good part time administrative assistant to a person like myself or an insurance agent. 15-25 hrs per week and a pleasant office environment. 15-20 per hour.
You would need a spotless criminal record, good written skills, understanding of msft word/excel and be professional in manner and appearance.
work is healthy ... balance it with relaxation ... avoid too much of either ...
It’s for a nurse position in an ICE facility near where I live.
It WON’T be full time!
Am still working full time at 69...and loving it
Easy job, your own boss sitting down..meet interesting people.
If you want a more physical job...try as a package handler at FedEx or UPS.
I retired at 40 while I could still ride sled and 4 wheelers hard, now that i’ll be 60 in the next couple month’s I re started my company mfg. bar stools and restaurant chairs.
From here on out I plan on working to the day I drop dead, start a nice little company where you can work at the pace and times that suit you and you don’t have to listen to anyone else opinion if you don’t want.
78 here. Work part-time employment in field that I love. Most men I know at my age still keep a hand in the working world. Just make sure what you do can be scheduled around travel, family, exercise, hobbies etc.
Get a dog. They are good company. ;-)
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.
Go for it. Not working is not all it’s cracked up to be anyway. 8>)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Since you qualified it the way you did, my advice is simple. Do what makes you happy. If you’re bored, then take a job. Something you enjoy doing or an industry you enjoy being around. Choose your hours and define the scope of your availability.
I get it. Some people don’t like golf. Or laying around waiting for lunch time. Maybe your spouse is still working so you get lonely. Maybe you just like interacting with people.
Point being, you’ll never be more in the drivers seat than you are right now.
From a financial standpoint, as a tax guy, I’ll tell you to make sure you have enough withholding from whatever wages you do take so that you avoid any unwanted surprises at tax time.
Enjoy!