Six months into retirement

[SacDAve]

1.Every day is Saturday
2.I “can” do it tomorrow
3.Yeah I can go fishing, what time?
4.Sorry don’t do that kind of work any more
5.What! Go to the mall on a weekend are you nuts?
6.Guitar Center I guess I could go there anytime. I better write that down
7.No one home but me ahhhhhh

[Boubou]

Originally Posted by SacDAve

1.Every day is Saturday
2.I “can” do it tomorrow
3.Yeah I can go fishing, what time?
4.Sorry don’t do that kind of work any more
5.What! Go to the mall on a weekend are you nuts?
6.Guitar Center I guess I could go there anytime. I better write that down
7.No one home but me ahhhhhh

+1

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[GMAN715]

+2 Been @ it for over 3 years. I have adapted well.

[jlindseyjr]

I'm still waiting my turn.

[ce24]

6 weeks.....6 weeks....6 weeeks...6 weeeeeeeks.......6 weeeeeeeeeeks. After the wife goes to work I can play my guitar REAL loud....

[Boubou]

Spent 11 months off work, gave me a taste

[dented]

I'll try it one of these days. Sounds good.

[kelnet]

Have you seen the stats about men dying quite soon into retirement?

Stay safe, SacDave. Apparently, retirement can be bad for your health.

[Slow Reflexes]

That was my "I'm at home" life for a couple years when I was on the road two weeks and off two weeks. Then it was my unemployed life for a while.

I kinda miss it.

[Toto'sDad]

I miss a lot of things from my previous life before retirement, but I enjoy what I have now. It's all balance, and the way you accept things. There is nothing to replace the feeling of a job well done. The scene at the end of "No Country For Old Men" when Tommy Lee Jones is sitting in the kitchen, talking about a dream he had really catches the impact of being retired. Tommy is a great actor to show that in such a short scene without actually saying anything much about retirement. I've been retired 16 months now, I'm fully adjusted, but it was a little bit of a shock at first.

[ab2012]

It's been six years for me. I enjoyed it at first but in the past two years I have not liked it at all. In this economy even finding something part time has been difficult.

[6942]

Been retired since 2008.
A LOT less stress in my life....especially....without a 137 mile daily round-trip commute to work.
Do I miss working?

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah a..........................

BTW: I live 60 miles west of where they filmed No Country For Old Men (Las Vegas, NM).

Steve

[P Thought]

I was 40 when I started teaching. I have to wait 'til I'm 87 for my retirement.

[Duncas]

Originally Posted by SacDAve

1.Every day is Saturday
2.I “can” do it tomorrow
3.Yeah I can go fishing, what time?
4.Sorry don’t do that kind of work any more
5.What! Go to the mall on a weekend are you nuts?
6.Guitar Center I guess I could go there anytime. I better write that down
7.No one home but me ahhhhhh

all true except 4.

being a student is tough haha

[Schmikey]

About 15 years to go.

[Larry F]

Originally Posted by P Thought

I was 40 when I started teaching. I have to wait 'til I'm 87 for my retirement.

43 for me. I see a huge trend toward people getting tenure-track jobs in their late 30s - mid-40s. However, we did hire someone recently who was just finishing her doctorate.

I have a friend from grad school who got a t-track job at a great school at age 43. Then got booted out at the 3rd year review. Hasn't landed anything since that happened 4-5 years ago.

[slauson slim]

I am retired from one 25 year career, had one month off, and have been in my current position for six years...we have a 16 year old son to get through high school, and save for college.

The best part about my retirement is the monthly pension check and family medical insurance...very thankful to have both. So, call me a pensioner.

[Brad Pittiful]

technically im retired...quit my job in 09 havent found one...last year my mom got hurt now looks like i am her care giver...looking into programs for aid

[Gnobuddy]

Originally Posted by P Thought

I was 40 when I started teaching. I have to wait 'til I'm 87 for my retirement.

Same thing here, except I was in my four years younger than you when I started.

I don't think most people from my generation are ever going to be able to retire. We're going to have to keep working until we fall apart and end up in hospital.

But not teaching summers gives me a taste of what retirement would be like. It's a mixed blessing, I like having much more time for my own interests and projects and for building my relationship with my wife, but I also find myself becoming more socially isolated and less organised, which I don't like as much.

Congratulations to the OP and the other retirees on this thread, enjoy it and stay healthy, I'm quite sure you earned it!

-Gnobuddy

[Ron Garson]

I'm two years into it now, and I really think I can get used to it. Big thing I miss though is the cameraderie of my past working life, and some of the travel connected with it. But then I don't miss the long, irregular (sometimes) hours that I used to put in. Or getting up at some un-godly hour to go to work!
I worked for 50 years, and I think that's enough!