I retired one year before I was supposed to in 2016. Worked for the gubment. Couldn’t take the bs any longer. Worked for 4 years in the civilian world only to make up the income lost until I turned 60 and the retirement checks started flowing.
Don’t travel, we hang around at the house-live in very rural Alaska on the Kenai river. Very fulfilling.
Very glad to do so as the pressure was enormous.
Not pressure from management, they left us alone, but internal, to not screw up.
I troubleshot and repaired CNC machines and other production equipment.
A screw up could kill someone and/or cause millions of dollars in damage and lost production.
Now I will never "retire" until I am unable to, as I build my own business further.
I enjoy it, and as a side effect I also help reduce pollution more than just about any environmentalist wacko ever will while improving performance and fuel economy.
The ability to keep up with inflation is a nice thing too.
Don’t travel, we hang around at the house-live in very rural Alaska on the Kenai river. Very fulfilling.
Congrats, nice ending!
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