My Sympathies to the Not-Yet-Retired: For the past nine days, I've been working nine or ten hours a day in town. It was nice knowing it would be a limited engagement, but it left me no...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

For the past nine days, I've been working nine or ten hours a day in town. It was nice knowing it would be a limited engagement, but it left me no time to do anything - like UHH. I remembered what life was like when I was working all those years: get up, go to work, come home, eat, sleep, go to work...

Take my word for it, retirement is better than working. It's great being home again and having the day to myself.

ssajn Loc: Milwaukee, Wi

Retirement is the best job I ever had.

RLSeipleSr Loc: North of Boston

jerryc41 wrote:

...Take my word for it, retirement is better than working...

:thumbup: Have to agree with you on that ... it did take me some time to get used to it, been almost a year, but, I'm there now ... !

The spousal unit has been retired for about two months, she has not come around yet ... I'm working on her ...

Bob S

Lenf Loc: Strasburg,PA

Thanks Jerry, gives me something to look forward too maybe in a few years I will be hitting 70.. But by then the Obama money will dry up , when he takes the last of ,our Soc sec with him to golf in Hawaii.
Look forward to days of nothing after 68 years.of hard work.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

ssajn wrote:

Retirement is the best job I ever had.

Yep, best job I ever had :)

:thumbup:

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

jerryc41 wrote:

For the past nine days, I've been working nine or ten hours a day in town. It was nice knowing it would be a limited engagement, but it left me no time to do anything - like UHH. I remembered what life was like when I was working all those years: get up, go to work, come home, eat, sleep, go to work...

Take my word for it, retirement is better than working. It's great being home again and having the day to myself.

:thumbup:

geclevel Loc: Springville, Utah

I have a few more years to go, 16 to be exact. But I will be 55, have my RV keys in one hand, and my camera in the other. I look forward to enjoying retirement as much as you all do.
-16 years and counting

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

The most peculiar thing is that periodically we have to take a vacation to get away from it all! Between our aged parents and grand-kids,we need an occasional break. We have no idea how we handled everything plus maintained jobs. I'd like to get a little part-time job,but I'm to busy and don't need any additional commitments. Go figure!

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

geclevel wrote:

I have a few more years to go, 16 to be exact. But I will be 55, have my RV keys in one hand, and my camera in the other. I look forward to enjoying retirement as much as you all do.
-16 years and counting

Keep your eye on the prize! That got me thru my last 5 years working ;)

jiminee1 Loc: S.E.MA

jerryc41 wrote:

For the past nine days, I've been working nine or ten hours a day in town. It was nice knowing it would be a limited engagement, but it left me no time to do anything - like UHH. I remembered what life was like when I was working all those years: get up, go to work, come home, eat, sleep, go to work...

Take my word for it, retirement is better than working. It's great being home again and having the day to myself.

LOL I retired at 57. Wife still worked and I thoght "Oh boy!" let the fun begin. Being a novice I went right to work and installed a 24 ft round above ground pool. remodeled the kitchen replaced bathtub and re-did the walls etc. Painted the whole interior of the house. I just never slowed down. After getting all my "projects done I found I had nothing much else to do. Everyone I knew was working...So ! ! ! 2 1/2 years later ..... I went back to work. I worked 7 more years at a job I enjoyed and then just last January 2014, I had a heart attack.... That slowed me down for awhile but it also made me stop working and now I am enjoying myself. Wife had to train me to retire but she is doing a good job. I get out to do photos more now and am even going to dust off the darkroom. Shot a roll of film just the other day. I will shoot a few more and then play around in the dark room. If anyone gets the chance to afford to retire just do it. You will eventually learn to enjoy yourself.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

jiminee1 wrote:

LOL I retired at 57. Wife still worked and I tho... (show quote)

I started my retirement training on the job at 55, I worked till I was 60. By 60 I was fully trained and ready. :) I will say it took me a few years of hard training to get ready, but it paid off! :)

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

Now at 84, I am glad I took advantage of the 20 yr retirement plan after high school.. You might call me a double dipper :thumbup:

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

warrior wrote:

Now at 84, I am glad I took advantage of the 20 yr retirement plan after high school.. You might call me a double dipper :thumbup:

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Beowulf Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI

Retired at age 51 at two-thirds salary. That was 21 years ago, and still don't have enough time to do all I want to do!

grandmadeb Loc: illinois, usa

I do not miss getting up and going to work. I miss seeing my friends at work. the work was good but the BS was not. anyway, I am enjoying retirement and after working all those years, I feel good about not doing a darn thing if I want to. Nursing is a very hard profession both physically and emotionally, I worked nights for 10 years, that, they say really ages you. anyway, that's my 2 cents. deb