Retire? Why? To wait to die, doing nothing? I will never retire. I will work until the day I die. Not what you wanted to hear but take it for what it is worth. Movement keeps you alive; the day you stop moving, well, take it from there.....
You d9nt know how to retire!
Movement is always good, regardless of age, but keeping your brain active may be even better when you retire.
Who says you have to stop moving when you retire?
Been retired eight years....never been happier. The wife and I cruise every year and I enjoy getting up every morning and “NOT GOING TO WORK”. Have not missed my job one iota!!! After years of 60 and 70 hour weeks I never dreamed I was this lazy!!!
“Retire? Why? To wait to die, doing nothing? I will never retire. I will work until the day I die. Not what you wanted to hear but take it for what it is worth. Movement keeps you alive; the day you stop moving, well, take it from there.....”
totally agree. Mrs. Catnipman and myself are both “retired”, but only from the corporate world.
We each have small businesses based on the work we used to do in the corporate world. We don’t necessarily need the money and we don’t work full time, because otherwise, what would be the point of “retirement”?
We make nowhere near what we used to in the corporate world, but there’s very little stress now, and we work for who we want to, and more or less when we want to.
this kind of work also keeps us engaged with the world, engaged with people of all kinds, and still contributing our skills, talents, and knowledge ...
“Retire? Why? To wait to die, doing nothing? I will never retire. I will work until the day I die. “
I have heard that before. Sometimes it is said by people whose life is their work and they have no hobbies. It might also be said as rationalization by someone who blew their money while working and never saved enough money to retire.
You are right in that a person doesn’t want to be sitting around watching TV all day. It is important to find hobbies and things outside of work that are fulfilling. It is also important to save and invest 10-20% of your paycheck while one is working. Over 40 years a person should have saved enough to retire. It is a scary proposition to have to save up enough to last your family for 30 years+.
I’m retired for 3 years now and it was a great decision. Every day I get to decide what I will work on that day. I stay very busy.