I was a year early
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Depends on style retirement, maybe? In a perfect world I will retire when I'm 57 and do nothing but travel, play golf, play the piano, and watch movies. Oh and maybe hang out with family.
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Depends on style retirement, maybe? In a perfect world I will retire when I'm 57 and do nothing but travel, play golf, play the piano, and watch movies. Oh and maybe hang out with family.
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In recent years, I've been re-thinking retirement a bit.
My FIL continues to work (he's a self-employed management consultant) well into his 70's, and he could easily be 10-15 years younger. It helps that he loves his job.
My ideal would be to get a part-time job after I retire. I can't keep on doing what I'm doing now until I'm 67.
@doctor-phibes said in I was a year early:
In recent years, I've been re-thinking retirement a bit.
My FIL continues to work (he's a self-employed management consultant) well into his 70's, and he could easily be 10-15 years younger. It helps that he loves his job.
My ideal would be to get a part-time job after I retire. I can't keep on doing what I'm doing now until I'm 67.
I shifted gears and did a totally different job. Took studying manuals and internet classes, eight hours a day for six weeks to get up to snuff. Didn't pay as well, but it was challenging and a lot of fun. I'd stilk be doing it, except for health issues.
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Two guys planting grass on the 16th tee today said "Do you mind if I ask how old you are?"
I said almost 67.
They watch me run through the golf course in 90 minutes or less most days (normal people take around 4 hours).
They said "Wow, you don't look 67"
I retired 16 years ago, then I worked as a flight instructor for 10 years - but that was play.
It doesn't have to be work until age 67, it can be play.
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You know those schools in horror movies where all the female attendees are 25 years old for some inexplicable reason?
I'm going to be the odd job man in one of those places.
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It would seem logical not so much that you are in the workplace but that you are doing things that engage your brain and social skills.
I keep looking around for a part time gig that I would enjoy, but it is being damnably difficult given the hourly rate I require. Still, I do word puzzles and the like, and I'm always working on my two charitable organizations. I work out five days a week and I think that has something to do with it as well.
I've been out of the workforce for two years now and I don't notice any decline.
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It would seem logical not so much that you are in the workplace but that you are doing things that engage your brain and social skills.
I keep looking around for a part time gig that I would enjoy, but it is being damnably difficult given the hourly rate I require. Still, I do word puzzles and the like, and I'm always working on my two charitable organizations. I work out five days a week and I think that has something to do with it as well.
I've been out of the workforce for two years now and I don't notice any decline.
@mik said in I was a year early:
It would seem logical not so much that you are in the workplace but that you are doing things that engage your brain and social skills.
I keep looking around for a part time gig that I would enjoy, but it is being damnably difficult given the hourly rate I require. Still, I do word puzzles and the like, and I'm always working on my two charitable organizations. I work out five days a week and I think that has something to do with it as well.
I've been out of the workforce for two years now and I don't notice any decline.
Don't worry about the money. My PRN gig doesn't pay within $10/hr of my old lab gig. But it's an old man's job...Not usually real hairy, and I don't need to run all over the hospital. Still, it works the mind...
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Yeah, it's not the money. A friend of mine back in Wales just retired aged 55. He's got a part-time job organising a company's IT for them, a couple of days a week at most. He's not taking much money at all, certainly not what he earned that enabled him to retire so young.
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I think being actively involved in his charitable orgs and the HOA should suffice…
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Two guys planting grass on the 16th tee today said "Do you mind if I ask how old you are?"
I said almost 67.
They watch me run through the golf course in 90 minutes or less most days (normal people take around 4 hours).
They said "Wow, you don't look 67"
I retired 16 years ago, then I worked as a flight instructor for 10 years - but that was play.
It doesn't have to be work until age 67, it can be play.
@copper said in I was a year early:
They watch me run through the golf course in 90 minutes or less most days (normal people take around 4 hours).
Do you actually run? I know some people who do that. Anyway... that is impressive. That's 5 minutes per hole, which means you're either playing really well or driving very fast.
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@copper said in I was a year early:
They watch me run through the golf course in 90 minutes or less most days (normal people take around 4 hours).
Do you actually run? I know some people who do that. Anyway... that is impressive. That's 5 minutes per hole, which means you're either playing really well or driving very fast.
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@copper said in I was a year early:
They watch me run through the golf course in 90 minutes or less most days (normal people take around 4 hours).
Do you actually run? I know some people who do that. Anyway... that is impressive. That's 5 minutes per hole, which means you're either playing really well or driving very fast.
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I drive and run (old-man-jog) from the cart to the greens or to a ball if I can't drive near it. I don't have a set routine if I feel like doing a quick jog, I do.
@copper said in I was a year early:
I drive and run (old-man-jog) from the cart to the greens or to a ball if I can't drive near it. I don't have a set routine if I feel like doing a quick jog, I do.
Shoot, Phil Mickelson's got nothing on you.
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@copper said in I was a year early:
They watch me run through the golf course in 90 minutes or less most days (normal people take around 4 hours).
Do you actually run? I know some people who do that. Anyway... that is impressive. That's 5 minutes per hole, which means you're either playing really well or driving very fast.
@89th said in I was a year early:
@copper said in I was a year early:
They watch me run through the golf course in 90 minutes or less most days (normal people take around 4 hours).
Do you actually run? I know some people who do that. Anyway... that is impressive. That's 5 minutes per hole, which means you're either playing really well or driving very fast.
It took Luke and I 3 hours just to complete 9 holes…
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I drive and run (old-man-jog) from the cart to the greens or to a ball if I can't drive near it. I don't have a set routine if I feel like doing a quick jog, I do.
@copper said in I was a year early:
I drive and run (old-man-jog) from the cart to the greens or to a ball if I can't drive near it. I don't have a set routine if I feel like doing a quick jog, I do.
Very cool! I doubt you do many practice swings. I’ve recently phased that out…I almost never practice swing unless it’s a club I have used in a while and need a quick reminder on the length.
