Turns out I’m in better shape than I thought comparatively speaking
We're too busy to watch TV and we don't sleep that much.
Honestly, it seems like we have less free time being retired than we did when working.
What retirement?
I retired at age 55.
I’m now pretty lazy and my to do list is pretty long.
I burned myself out to some degree.
I make about as much money as when I was working
12 years ago. No debts and I own my home on ocean view acreage in Hawaii.
The way you pull this off is live frugally, treat your wife good so there is no divorce, and don’t Fuk up up.
I am lucky. I will work until the day I die. I enjoy my job. I am self employed.
Though I am sure chomo joe wants to destroy my business more than he already has
I am doing pretty good as long as the AMD stock keeps going up and the FED stops interfering in the economy!!
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Boating , but you have to be able to twist your own wrenches and have a size that you can trailer...(also have your own storage area.) I built Hinckley powerboats for a few years and grew up on Cape Cod , so to me being able to just hug the coastline and simply decompress on the water never gets old. It is affordable ONLY if you do all the work yourself . I have two vessels one a 1961 Thunderbird with twin 4 cylinders I/O’s and another tri hull that I’m turning into full electric. I pick and choose what work I do in the real world as I had mostly been self-employed barring the on and off work I did for certain companies which only encompassed 10 or so years. None of this would be possible if not for God and his blessings. * Never buy new cars or finance anything,anything you REALLY need is out there at a good price if you look hard enough .
Statistic #1: Retirement account savings
Some off us still have pensions. We gave up part of our salary so our employer would pay us a pension for life after retirement.
Some—certainly the minority—did a good job investing these funds. I’m lucky enough to be under one of these.
Very interesting! How I spend my day is definitely NOT how they say in the study. TV is the 1.86, too busy to set down plus there is nothing worth watching.
I’m a sabbath keeping Seventh day Adventist age 65. My resting heart rate is 44 bpm. I play singles tennis , keeping up with guys half my age and younger.....4.0 to 4.5 level. I play golf and work out at the gym every day. I am mostly vegetarian. I read the Bible every day. Church on Sabbath and keep the Sabbath, God’s remedy for stress.
No need to collect social security yet...will probably wait until 70. Blessed by God and follow his word and eagerly await his return to take me home.
But in the meantime, I treat my body as the temple of God. Perfect health, no medication, nothing. Lots of water and the Edenic Diet mostly. Gym every single day for 90 minutes of cardio work. It’s a lifestyle.
Just like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dluh9YqSKXY&t=88s
I’m a sabbath keeping Seventh day Adventist age 65. My resting heart rate is 44 bpm. I play singles tennis , keeping up with guys half my age and younger.....4.0 to 4.5 level. I play golf and work out at the gym every day. I am mostly vegetarian. I read the Bible every day. Church on Sabbath and keep the Sabbath, God’s remedy for stress.
No need to collect social security yet...will probably wait until 70. Blessed by God and follow his word and eagerly await his return to take me home.
But in the meantime, I treat my body as the temple of God. Perfect health, no medication, nothing. Lots of water and the Edenic Diet mostly. Gym every single day for 90 minutes of cardio work. It’s a lifestyle.
Just like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dluh9YqSKXY&t=88s
Instead of calling it retirement, I prefer to call it “going Galt”. The government has been robbing me of an increasingly larger portion of my income for 45 years or so - And next year, I’m going to push back. Time for the young guys to get their chance to pay more taxes.
In a few years I plan to relocate to Thailand and live off Social Security. We own two homes there that are paid off, so that’s the plan. 401K will be gravy. Planning to retire at 62.
The soon to retire have a tendency to overthink retirement.
I got “retired” when the place I was working (part time) closed without warning. It was interesting work, I’ve always done work that I found interesting. Problem is that there’s nothing available that I could get into at my age that really interests me. So I hang out, do some small projects and read. Covid (the attendant stupidity of our governor’s edicts) was the catalyst that knocked my plan off track. Fortunately I’m financially secure and have no debts, but it still kinda sucks.
Still working here, age 70, making more than I ever thought I could there is no way I am stopping. My wife thinks I am nuts, but I have friends dropping left and right who retired.
Several years ago, I could comfortably pay my bills and travel a couple of times a year.
Now, I can barely pay the bills.
I have to clip coupons to afford to eat.
My house is cold in the winter and hot in the summer.
And travel is right out.
FUJB
Save every penny, stiff your employees as much as possible. Die in a sub accident.
The plan works.