BamaVol Posted January 6 #1951 Share Posted January 6 I had planned to work until 70. But then a hurricane destroyed my home, work became a nightmare, 2 deaths in the family, and I realized life could be over with little or no warning. Plan B - retire at 66 (as soon as my wife qualified for Medicare). I made the decision 8 months in advance, but didn’t tell my boss until about 2 months beforehand. We moved to a secure 55+ community where my father in law has lived for the last 22 years. He enjoys our company. I walk 5 miles a day. I play (a form of) golf twice a week, volunteer with meals on wheels, watch my wife play softball, paddle a kayak and dragon boat, garden and was elected Director/Treasurer for my 1200 home cooperative community. I’m as busy as I was when working. We spend a month in the NC mountains every summer. We spend a week with our grandkids at the beach every summer. We travel to see our kids and the things in Florida we never got around to seeing when work took up all my time. First post-retirement cruise coming up in March. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beshears Posted January 6 #1952 Share Posted January 6 I worked till I was 74 years old for a BIG corporate office (Frito Lay, Borden, Starbucks, etc.), and was never pushed out the door. When they decided to move from Missouri (I lived very close to my work) to the state of Kansas, that is when I decided to retire. Did I want to, NO. After a year or two of having BAD weather in Missouri, I was GLAD I no longer worked. I've had a couple other friends that didn't want to retire, but after being off a couple years, they are happy they did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptBoatface Posted January 6 #1953 Share Posted January 6 342 work days remaining. Stay on target... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aml3679 Posted January 6 #1954 Share Posted January 6 I retired on October 31st i am loving it my husband retired the previous year after getting laid off i was a nurse for 30 years We moved from New Hampshire 5 years ago and love it We sold our beautiful brand new home and bought a modular home in a 55 plus community Sure, days get boring No more slaving for someone else We get to wake up and say to each other “what do you want to do today?” We get up and go to bed when we want We get to explore Florida Money is a little tight since I do not collect until March but, we have no mortgage and very little bills 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted January 12 #1955 Share Posted January 12 Well, I did it. Retired last November. Turned 70 one day and retired the next. 😄 I'm not sure it's sunk in yet. I had a European river cruise booked over Christmas. First thing I had to do was get my Christmas cards out and buy/wrap/ship gifts. After that I was doing laundry and packing. The cruise was wonderful, so much so that I booked the same cruise for this coming December, along with the following cruise that sails over New Year's. Right now I'm busy researching my official retirement cruise that's a 31-day cruise around South America in March. I'm starting to assemble clothes and determine what I need to fill in the gaps. After I come back in April, I'm going to research volunteer opportunities at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum and the Museum of African American Music. The local senior center offers several exercise classes and day trips so I'm going to check out those. When I was coming back from my river cruise everyone was telling me I wouldn't get back on time due to all the airline snafus. I made it on schedule, but even if I hadn't, no worries, I didn't have to be back home in time to go to work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaVol Posted January 13 #1956 Share Posted January 13 Currently enjoying a visit from my step sister in law and her husband. They both retired last year, he on 12/31. I don’t think it’s sunk in yet for him. I saw him in the golf course today and he looked relaxed but pale. As much as I enjoy seeing him, I wonder if he didn’t enjoy returning to Massachusetts from Florida more when he worked. He’ll have no one to show off his tan to. But he told me he had called a former coworker this morning. It was 79 here and 17 at home. They are not cruisers but I think I could convince him with a glimpse at the food offerings from our next cruise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplelife Posted January 30 #1957 Share Posted January 30 I guess I should start counting the days npw. I retire at the end of this academic year. Though I am "on the books" until July 31, the contact year runs August -May, so I am effectively done once students walk across the graduation stage in May. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizzasteve Posted February 5 #1958 Share Posted February 5 We did is at 53 and love the freedom. Why wait if you can? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Boston Posted February 7 #1959 Share Posted February 7 August 4th here and hubby is August 2nd. Not a moment too soon as far as I’m concerned. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. H. Posted February 9 #1960 Share Posted February 9 I'm looking at Nov. 2, 2023. If I go this far, I might just go into the new year for a few perks. If I go anytime between now and end of Oct, that'll be fine. I am now thinking of it more and more each day. I still need to decided on where I want to move to. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 25 #1961 Share Posted February 25 On 2/5/2023 at 11:13 AM, Pizzasteve said: We did is at 53 and love the freedom. Why wait if you can? I retired at 55 but got bored and worked another 6 years in a totally different field. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaVol Posted February 26 #1962 Share Posted February 26 On 2/24/2023 at 8:36 PM, lenquixote66 said: I retired at 55 but got bored and worked another 6 years in a totally different field. I had a dentist who retired at 55 and went back to work at 60. As a dentist. He claimed he got tired of fishing every day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 26 #1963 Share Posted February 26 6 hours ago, BamaVol said: I had a dentist who retired at 55 and went back to work at 60. As a dentist. He claimed he got tired of fishing every day. I was not a Dentist and I never fished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaVol Posted February 26 #1964 Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said: I was not a Dentist and I never fished. Probably didn’t work in Panama City either. I would have been shocked if you were that dentist. The bridge you made me broke about 2 years later. Just in case it’s really you. 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted February 27 #1965 Share Posted February 27 3 hours ago, BamaVol said: Probably didn’t work in Panama City either. I would have been shocked if you were that dentist. The bridge you made me broke about 2 years later. Just in case it’s really you. 😆 We appear to have a similiar beard.After I retired ,I am not going to say from what ,I went into Advertising, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoDennis Posted April 16 #1966 Share Posted April 16 Three years for me I've lost a few people close to me in the past few years, and I'm starting to realize that nothing is guaranteed, and we need to enjoy what time we can. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edspec Posted July 25 #1967 Share Posted July 25 My last day of work will be December 20, 2024. I’ve been counting down since the five year mark, cannot wait to be done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KforKitty Posted July 25 #1968 Share Posted July 25 After 36 years in Higher Education I will be retiring in September. I’ll be my 60th in January 2024 which I will be celebrating on Eclipse in South America/Antarctica. Catherine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptBoatface Posted August 1 #1969 Share Posted August 1 On 1/6/2023 at 6:02 AM, CptBoatface said: 342 work days remaining. Stay on target... 233 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MrSchwump Posted August 1 #1970 Share Posted August 1 My Dentist gave me 2 questions to determine if you should retire. Do you have enough? Have you had enough? It has been great. I’ve not been bored once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Boston Posted August 2 #1971 Share Posted August 2 Retiring on Friday 8/4/23. Surreal, yet well planned. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoDennis Posted August 2 #1972 Share Posted August 2 I told my manager last week, "I'm on a countdown." I said I didn't know if it ended in three months or three years, but I'm done somewhere between those two dates. And three months is more likely than three years. He said that he would hate to lose me because I'm the best person he has on our team, but... he understood. So... I'm primed and ready. I want to be "done." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Boston Posted August 4 #1973 Share Posted August 4 No more days to count, today is my last one! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted August 4 #1974 Share Posted August 4 1 hour ago, Mr. Boston said: No more days to count, today is my last one! WOW! BIG CONGRATS TO YOU🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnhiker Posted September 9 #1975 Share Posted September 9 We started Social Security recently, now it is down to optimization and timing. So sometime between the end of December 23 - and July, 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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