One Week to Retirement

[jerryaldini]

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.

Congrats RM the home stretch is awesome!

[jdubya]

Congrats.

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"

That will keep you thinking

Congrats!!!!!

[Demonpenz]

I know lots of people whom have died soon after retirement. Have your affairs in order.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I know lots of people whom have died soon after retirement. Have your affairs in order.

[btlook1]

Congrats!!! bout 10 more years for me.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by btlook1

Congrats!!! bout 10 more years for me.

It will come quicker than you think....

[Zebedee DuBois]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I know lots of people whom have died soon after retirement. Have your affairs in order.

You just don't retire from the mob.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois

You just don't retire from the mob.

Thanks you just about made me spit my tea all over my keyboard.

[stevieray]

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!

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by stevieray

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.

[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...

[Mosbonian]

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

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

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)

If your hobby is baseball, I can appreciate the efficiency.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

If you hobby is baseball, I can appreciate the efficiency.

I am left handed....and was always told that my wrists were the best part of my swing. So I figured I would use it as my defense mechanism too.

On a more serious note...I have always loved teaching baseball fundamentals (been a while since I have done it) to kids. Would love to find a local little league that has an assistant coaching job out there I could get. I grew up loving and playing baseball and it was the one thing that drew me out of my shell in my youth. (I detest what MLB has become though)

I think....what would make me happiest in my retirement is that I helped some young child learn to love baseball as much as I did when I was young and that it helped them grow.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

I am left handed.....