Things that make you think about life...

[89th]

Darn it, sorry to hear Doc. That's a shame.

[Jolly]

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.

There is no guarantee of tomorrow or even ten minutes from now. Live appropriately.

[taiwan_girl]

A couple cliche, but still true:

You can't add time to the end of your retirement, only to the beginning.

No one on their deathbed ever said that they wished they would have spent more time at the office.

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in Things that make you think about life...:

You can't add time to the end of your retirement, only to the beginning.

I'd never heard that! So true.

I was able to stop taking call and work part time at age 64. Made all the difference. Then, a year later, I said, "Why bother at all?"

[89th]

My goal is to retire in 15 years, if the market does better, perhaps earlier. I'd be 57. My wife said I'll get bored, but I've never been that personality, I have so many other things I'd rather do during the day... golf, workout, watch movies or tv, read classics, write, photography, hike, swim, get a massage, sleep in, travel... man oh man I would never ever get bored.

[George K]

@89th said in Things that make you think about life...:

My goal is to retire in 15 years, if the market does better, perhaps earlier. I'd be 57.

I could have retired at 60 - except health insurance was unaffordable. My group covered me until I turned 65. That's the only reason I kept gong for another 4 years.

Boredom is not an issue for me either.

[Horace]

My primary hobby of sitting on a chair in the middle of the room and staring at the wall, seems inexhaustible. It pains me to be torn away from it by work and other things.

[Doctor Phibes]

I'd retire this year if it wasn't for the cost of health insurance.

[Jolly]

Signed my first papers at 52.

I still work PRN.

[Copper]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Things that make you think about life...:

health insurance.

check obamacare

[Doctor Phibes]

@Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

Signed my first papers at 52.

I still work PRN.

I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

[jon-nyc]

I threw in the towel at 44. Special circumstances of course. My plan always (since I was probably 20) had been 50.

[Horace]

I'll keep doing this as long as they let me.

[Copper]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Things that make you think about life...:

@Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

Signed my first papers at 52.

I still work PRN.

I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

Check here for obamacare - this site will give an estimate for Massachusetts

https://betterhealthconnector.com/get-an-estimate

They will pay for health insurance based on income, not net worth. So if you are living off savings and and don't have much income they will pick up the tab. You can have a lot of money, but it is only income that matters.

[xenon]

I’m torn on this too now. I’ve got 25 years ahead of me until official retirement age… but I should be able to get there in 10 if I buckle down and grind out my middle-mgmt tech career. (Probably way too optimistic).

Or do I really try to branch out and try something different while I still have the energy….

[Doctor Phibes]

@Copper said in Things that make you think about life...:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Things that make you think about life...:

@Jolly said in Things that make you think about life...:

Signed my first papers at 52.

I still work PRN.

I'd still happily work p/t if I retired, just not at what I do now.

Check here for obamacare - this site will give an estimate for Massachusetts

https://betterhealthconnector.com/get-an-estimate

They will pay for health insurance based on income, not net worth. So if you are living off savings and and don't have much income they will pick up the tab. You can have a lot of money, but it is only income that matters.

I'm guessing the spoilsports would consider my pension as income.

I should also have said '....and if I didn't have two kids in college'.

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes

Long did you pay into CPP before you moved to the US?

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in Things that make you think about life...:

I could have retired at 60 - except health insurance was unaffordable. My group covered me until I turned 65. That's the only reason I kept gong for another 4 years.

Single-payer universal healthcare FTW!

[Axtremus]

@Horace said in Things that make you think about life...:

I'll keep doing this as long as they let me.

Why do you need their permission to do what you do?

[Doctor Phibes]

@Renauda said in Things that make you think about life...:

@Doctor-Phibes

Long did you pay into CPP before you moved to the US?

It was only 5 years. I don't think I get anything. I have a relatively small GIC left over, and I also get a bit from my British company pension. The main reason I'm still in my current job is there's a really great company pension on top of the 401K retirement savings that I'm squirreling away.

There's a significant difference in income if I work 3 more years and retire at 65, so that's the plan.