I retired at 65. 9 months later, I decided to go back to work and start tomorrow. Retirement is boring.
I was 60. Retirement is wonderful. It’s only boring if you don’t have a life.
Yep.
Had to take early retirement in a downsizing. Figured I had enough to get by, got bored and took what I thought would be an intermittent job. Turned into full time, and a couple of promotions later, boredom isn't an issue.
Unlike everyone else, I don't really need the job. So stress levels are significantly reduced.
Unsure, however, how the article would classify me - an early retiree, or someone working past retirement age. Both fit.
RETIRED AT 82 when last client retired at 84.
>Retirement is boring.
Haven’t tried it but retirement as in nothing to do all day sounds hideous.
I can imagine a bunch of volunteer-type things I’d like to do if I had the time but I can see them running dry or turning into the same level of work with no reward, fast. I’ve seen volunteers treated with a thin veneer of politeness over a core of contempt and want no part of it.
Retirement as in running one’s own “hobby”-sized business, or consulting, leaving room for the things there was no time for in pedal-to-the-metal work, sounds appealing.
Comedian Bill Engvall felt the same way after retiring.
He said he could not watch any more tv or that his golf game never got better and his wife really enjoys her quiet time when he is not around...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx1YrgYuniQ