7 weeks ago, I posted that I pulled the plug and will be retiring at the end of the year..here's the original post:
21 weeks to go
So I'm now 14 weeks away from joining my wife, who retired officially a couple of weeks ago. Am so looking forward to the next phase. It's very scary in a way, but I'm at peace and good to go. The scary part is the 'what the hell will I do all day?' question and will I miss the action at the job and the people that I really enjoy working with.
I know we'll adjust, especially to all the time we will spend together that we haven't had before. I know many on this forum are retired and sound extremely happy and lovin' life. I have my Moore Bettah (lucked into a private sale) to keep me company. Might be selling a Mya Moe that doesn't get played much. The MB is truly all it's cracked up to be.. absolutely a joy to play. Golf lessons are definitely in plans as is some travel.
Anyway, with so much good feelings and joy on this forum, I thought I'd share a link to a thread on the Early Retirement Forum that has guided me through a lot of the process of preparing. The thread is enlightening and sometimes sobering about the realities we all face in the future, young or of age. Here's the thread It was written by a forum member who has been in retirement for 23 years and he talks about life and living in a straight forward way.
If you're close to retiring or even not so close, the thread is a good reality check and a resource, as the ER forum is a very good source for all things in advance of and in retirement.
Now just dreading the 'retirement speech' :smileybounce:
Cheers...
21 weeks to go
So I'm now 14 weeks away from joining my wife, who retired officially a couple of weeks ago. Am so looking forward to the next phase. It's very scary in a way, but I'm at peace and good to go. The scary part is the 'what the hell will I do all day?' question and will I miss the action at the job and the people that I really enjoy working with.
I know we'll adjust, especially to all the time we will spend together that we haven't had before. I know many on this forum are retired and sound extremely happy and lovin' life. I have my Moore Bettah (lucked into a private sale) to keep me company. Might be selling a Mya Moe that doesn't get played much. The MB is truly all it's cracked up to be.. absolutely a joy to play. Golf lessons are definitely in plans as is some travel.
Anyway, with so much good feelings and joy on this forum, I thought I'd share a link to a thread on the Early Retirement Forum that has guided me through a lot of the process of preparing. The thread is enlightening and sometimes sobering about the realities we all face in the future, young or of age. Here's the thread It was written by a forum member who has been in retirement for 23 years and he talks about life and living in a straight forward way.
If you're close to retiring or even not so close, the thread is a good reality check and a resource, as the ER forum is a very good source for all things in advance of and in retirement.
Now just dreading the 'retirement speech' :smileybounce:
Cheers...