Nope. Sleep, stress, stupidity, pick your metric and they are all a hard no.

No. I don't miss having others wanting me to not do the job I was trained/educated for, hired to do, and was getting paid for, to help them do work dropped on them and which they didn't get support to do. But they got quite a bit more pay than me, to do that. Happened often enough. Some of the people I miss, but otherwise...

I miss work so little that I don’t even like thinking about commerce. Working people drop by to work at neighbors during the day. I’d just as soon not seeing it. It distracts from pleasant thoughts of playing, tinkering or relaxing.

Don't miss it even a little. Yesterday, I bumped into a much younger former co-worker. Seems he had the good sense to bail out of that hellhole soon after I retired. We shared stories about how toxic that environment was, shook hands and went about our way.

Not a bit. Last job was and endless soul-sucking lineup of meetings listening to someone read their own PowerPoint slides. Now I still wake up at the same time. But now I go exercise, go to the range, grill, do yardwork, take a nap, make cocktails. Whatever I feel like at the time. Dropped over 20 pounds without any diet changes. Took up playing Pickleball. Not saying I'm good at it, but it keeps me active.

I still occasionally get an email trying to recruit me for a job. I just giggle and delete them.

I'm not retired...not even close. But I just went back to work after taking 30 days off...longest vacation I've had since I started working at 18. I don't think I was bored or missed work for one second during that 30 days, and while I appreciate having a job that pays the bills and provides for my family, the last two days have definitely been less enjoyable than the 30 prior, and if I could afford to be done with work tomorrow I absolutely would.

I officially retired in 1999. I loved my job. 30 years of Title Insurance back in Washington state. We moved to Missouri and have been here ever since.

At that time we were to young to actually retire so we bought a small Italian restaurant here at the Lake. That was a hoot and met a lot of the locals. We did that for 6 years and then pretty much hung it all up. 16 hour days can get really old fast.

I retired on September 30, 2007 having accrued all the benefits I could. I could have remained and my retirement would have increased at a paltry amount under Florida's State Retirement System.

My wife retired in February, 2018 having also got as much as she was entitled to receive.

Neither of us had one single regret. But, in the event some unexpected calamity occurred, we both kept our licenses active. I maintained my Florida Bar membership and she retained her RN and ARNP licenses.

No calamity occurred, thank the Lord, and as our health began to deteriorate, we gave up our licenses-mine first, taking the retirement option the Bar offers which still allows me to Petition and return to the practice of law (fat chance!) within five years. She first dropped the ARNP, then, not long ago, the RN.

Still no regrets. Not a single one.

I hope whether you retire when eligible or continue to work you have the same wonderful life we've had.

Bob

I retired from LE at the end of February after 27 years. I miss most of the people I worked with, both in my department and neighboring departments. I miss being “in the know” but I don’t miss the calls or having to deal with the people I did while working the midnight shift.

So, to answer the question………no, I don’t miss it!

The weight of work plus the added weight of my LE authority/responsibilities were a heavy load for me to bear as I got older with my medical conditions. Unloading that weight finally allowed me to breathe.

Even so, I do miss the camaraderie and importance of my duties. I went back once, but that three extra years took their toll. I have the drive to continue, but just not the mind nor body to do so.

Retirement is great…but that nostalgic look back always makes me wonder if I should have done more.