Congrats!!!!! I really want to join you. I was supposed to retire last year, but I will probably retire in 2031 when I have to leave or lose my money. My kids are 32, 21, 17 and 3 weeks. lol
Congratulations, it's a great feeling. I bailed a year and a half ago at 63. I was going to work another couple years but I just couldn't deal with the Oregon politics and the woke/DEI bullshit at the office anymore. Best decision I ever made, I'm much more relaxed and happier, even my BP is down.
Posts: 7664 | Location: Idaho | Registered: February 12, 2007
_________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902
Posts: 9737 | Location: Northern Virginia | Registered: November 04, 2005
Welcome to "Hyper-Time". We've been retired just over 9 years. Time really flies when you leave the job. Best wishes. Mike
I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham
Originally posted by selogic: Yesterday I had to ask my wife what day it was . She kind of snickered at that. I said " Oh hell , they're all the same " .
EVERY day is a Saturday!! .
Posts: 12150 | Location: Near Hooker Oklahoma, closer to Slapout Oklahoma | Registered: October 26, 2009
I walked out the door at 55 plus 1 day - my birthday was on a Sunday and I didn't want HR to muck it up. That was 20 years ago.
Some free advice: 1: you didn't plan your career the first day on the job. Don't try to plan your retirement the first day you're done. Things change, don't sweat it. 2: Think about the things that you wanted to do but couldn't afford the cut in pay. Now you can volunteer to do what you enjoy. 3: Like others have said, look forward to the day when you wake up and don't know what day it is. 4: weekends are for people who work. I can fish, go to the range or take long bike rides during the week. It's far less people-y. And 5: work screws up all your free time.
Posts: 735 | Location: Rural W. MI | Registered: February 25, 2011
Retired at 61, if you can do it I highly recommend it. Best Job I Ever had.
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ― Ronald Reagan
Retired old fart
Posts: 6574 | Location: Near the Beaverdam in VA | Registered: February 13, 2005
