I’m more or less being forced into early retirement. I’m genetically cursed with longevity, and don’t want to be pinching pennies for 50 years. Retiring with actual wealth thanks to my portfolio. Will be putting most of it into index and treasury etfs, living off the dividends and not touching the principal. My job was my identity, so I have to learn how to live life.
“My job was my identity, so I have to learn how to live life.”
It’ll work out. Same thing happened for my husband. The first three months were hellish for him/us. Slowly he turned his attention to a hobby he loved and now he’s in that groove.
In June, he got a call from a prior employer, a DoD contractor, wanting him to come back and manage a project. He considered it, then declined. After 13 years of retirement he couldn’t imagine getting back into the travel, the pace, the ALARM CLOCK, the office politics, etc.