At age 69, for the first time I used my experience in politics and vote fraud to leave IL for GA and consult on the voter registration project being designed and developed in India.
Then I shifted over to Medicaid (fraud, efficiency, reports, analysis, a little bit of everything) til age 81. Now at age 82 I can’t take it doing nothing but daytime TV. I want another gig.
Buy rental property. it’s a 24/7 job. Especially in “tenant friendly” areas where you have to be part detective, part psychologist, part social media expert as well as paralegal and handyman.
When I started my career in NY State Corrections, the life expectancy of a Correction Officer was 56. After doing 25 years, that was the age I'd be when I could retire. I vowed to myself the first day that I wouldn't die working for NY State. I had no plains or desire to work after retirement. Having to be at a certain place, at a certain time for 25 years ended any thought of having to do it again once I retired. My biggest concern about retirement was being able to afford to retire. I attended a State-sponsored retirement forum. They went over everything, and I realized that my pension would cover my needs until social security kicked in. I was one of the lucky ones. I lived to retire. A lot of the people I worked with didn't, and a lot of them were younger than me.
I'm busy during the day that I don't watch TV at all until later in the evening. I worked mostly the 3-11 p.m. shift by choice, so when I retired, I maintained that same schedule. I don't go to bed until 4 or 5 a.m., get up between 11 a.m. and noon, make breakfast, and relax. The only time I leave the house is for a doctor's appointment, hit a grocery store, or visiting family who live about 2 hours east and west of me. I did a lot of traveling when I was working, and in my early retirement years. That was enough for me.