Exactly one week from today I will log off my laptop, gather what is left of my belongings at the office, hand in my equipment and turn in my badge.
After almost 48 years in my selected occupation I decided that the end of March is my retirement date. I've met many good people in my line of work and made a great deal of life long friends....(some of them Chiefs fans too)
Without getting too sentimental.....I think I have run my race and done the best I could to always be at the top of my game.
Now comes the next stage of my life....and I do have plans. But it would be nice to hear from any of the rest of you who are retired as to what happened after you retired......did you take a few weeks off before just moving to something part time or volunteer work? Or did you just hit the ground running.
Any retirement wisdom is greatly appreciated.
(And no....I am not taking a trip to Belize nor will I be drinking any anti-freeze) [Reply]
Anybody who tells you that you need to stay busy is wrong
Retirement means you deserve leisure, so enjoy
In my experience, those who have retired and feel compelled to keep "doing something" are usually folks who are trying to distract themselves from the question, "What is my purpose in life?"
I have a friend who retired and then got another job....I have coffee with him weekly. He despises working but justifies it as keeping his mind busy or other bullshit excuses. I think he works to stay away from his menopausal wife and also to distract him from how he finishes his twilight years on this marble.
I retired 6 years ago and not by choice(medical reasons) but I am figuring out now......the toughest part of retirement is being content doing whatever you want guilt free. "Hobbies, bucket lists, etc" are only distractions in my opinion to avoid asking and answering the question, "What is my purpose now?"
Read "Life Worth Living" and "Ruthless Elimination of Hurry"
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
Congrats, Mosbonian and jerryaldini! That's a great accomplishment for you. I'll look forward to hearing how you're using your time over the first six months of retirement.
I'll be retiring fully in roughly August of 2025, but I'm working sporadically for the next year, with stretches of working full time, part-time, and not at all. So I'm dipping my toes in retirement.
You'd think that working sporadically would mean having more time, but for some reason I've been hit with all sorts of time-consuming unexpected things, and work also ebbs and flows, so I haven't had a chance to build a routine. I'm about to hit a three-month period of a lot of hours, but in September or so I'll end up with a long stretch of not working at all. My plan now is to have the entire winter and spring off before putting a bow on my career next summer.
Happy for you! Buy a slot car track and build muscle car models! :-)
I've been self employed for 29 years in June. I'll keep working as long as the phone keeps ringing, and my body holds up. Ten years of faux painting is starting to show up in my shoulders. I'm hoping to make it to thirty-five. It's surreal when I look back at jumping off that cliff, wondering if I could fly, so full of hope....so grateful my American dream came true.
Hard work, one of the few things a man truly owns that no one can ever take from him.
I retired last November and it's awesome. My advice:
1. Travel
2. Don't plan too long term (spend you money while you're healthy and can enjoy it). IOW, how many years can you do your passion? Spend accordingly.
3. Find a hobby that you love and helps the world and/or people.
4. Understand that many investing vultures will want to invest your cash - don't fall for it.
5. SS is beer money and nothing more. Plan accordingly.
6. Travel even more.
7. Don't sleep in too much...
This will be the greatest week of work in your life. The work, the worst case possible, the annoyances won't even register. They just bounce off. Completely irrelevant.
No consequence matters and you can give 110% without reservations. Finish the race strong and walk off smiling... [Reply]
Happy for you! Buy a slot car track and build muscle car models! :-)
I've been self employed for 29 years in June. I'll keep working as long as the phone keeps ringing, and my body holds up. Ten years of faux painting is starting to show up in my shoulders. I'm hoping to make it to thirty-five. It's surreal when I look back at jumping off that cliff, wondering if I could fly, so full of hope....so grateful my American dream came true.
Hard work, one of the few things a man truly owns that no one can ever take from him.
Good for you brother! You've earned it!
Thanks Stevie!
The part I bolded above is what really means a lot to me when looking back on my career. I gave it my best no matter where I worked and how much I was compensated.
At my retirement dinner.....the CAO of our company had some very nice and complimentary things to say about my work. It meant more to me than he could have ever known. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
I retired last November and it's awesome. My advice:
1. Travel
2. Don't plan too long term (spend you money while you're healthy and can enjoy it). IOW, how many years can you do your passion? Spend accordingly.
3. Find a hobby that you love and helps the world and/or people.
4. Understand that many investing vultures will want to invest your cash - don't fall for it.
5. SS is beer money and nothing more. Plan accordingly.
6. Travel even more.
7. Don't sleep in too much...
Congrats, you're going to love it...
Yeah....the wife and I plan to travel....not crazy all over the place travel, just where we want to go and to places we want to see.
I don't see "long terms"...without sounding negative I see myself living about 10-13 more years with the health issues I have. Being realistic....that's how the wife and I view my timeline.
I have a hobby....and plan to have more fun doing it now. Luckily it is inexpensive.
I have a baseball bat for any investing vulture that comes to my door or calls my phone. We lost the beginnings of our retirement money thanks to someone who was recommended to us by a friend as a good investment advisor. (long story)
Don't drink so SS is more travel money.
For some reason my body will not let me sleep any more than 7 hours a night....
Thanks for the tips and I hope your retirement is going well for you [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rausch:
This will be the greatest week of work in your life. The work, the worst case possible, the annoyances won't even register. They just bounce off. Completely irrelevant.
No consequence matters and you can give 110% without reservations. Finish the race strong and walk off smiling...
Thanks
Yeah....I see this week as the "home run trot".
Because of the work I do, I am not always the most loved person...my job many times is to make fiscal recommendations that the Sales Team does not like to hear. Now those decisions are being made by my successor....and I am just there this week to "clean house" from home. [Reply]
