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It's official: I'm Retiring

Doc

Bottoms Up
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The paperwork is in. My last day of work at this job will be Dec 28th.

My wife is retiring on the same day.

We plan to travel some ...and catch up on projects around the house. Then ...I have my eye on a couple potential part time jobs that I might want to do, or not. Looking for ideas on how to donate time and efforts but have not zero'd in on one. I'm not ready to be put out to pasture.

I have mixed feelings on all this. I'm not sure how I will handle retirement. I need something to do, to feel needed or that I'm accomplishing something. Will working my property be enough? There is work here but not sure my back or knees can do that 4 or 5 days week. It's all new to me. I'm sure it will all work out. I'm excited but also hoping I will not feel empty or bored.
 

Jim_S

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Don't worry about having things to do. I'm sure your wife will keep you busy!
 

EastTexFrank

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Doc, I was in the same position once. For a while I found it strange to get up in the morning and have no "official" work to go to ... very strange. I spent about a year and a half getting the home place whipped in to shape and working on the family farm and felt fully occupied during that time. However, I did miss what I did so I did some part time consulting for a number of years until I got that worked out of my system. After that I joined my wife in her volunteering efforts, and some of my own, and that kept me occupied and busy for a long time. I started to wind that down when I started getting older and to be honest, I lost my enthusiasm for it. My wife is still fully involved but I limit myself to messing around the house, the property and the farm these days ... kinda.

It's important to have something to do, something to plan for, something to occupy your time. We do a lot more traveling these days, in the RV and just taking spontaneous road trips to places we want to see.

Once you get used to it, retirement is pure magic. Take that from a 20 year veteran. :yum: It's great to sit outside in the morning, drinking coffee and say to yourself, "To heck with it, I'm not going to work on the tractor today, I'm going fishing. There's always tomorrow!!". Relax and enjoy it my friend. Congratulations, you've earned it.
 

tiredretired

The Old Salt
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The paperwork is in. My last day of work at this job will be Dec 28th.

My wife is retiring on the same day.

We plan to travel some ...and catch up on projects around the house. Then ...I have my eye on a couple potential part time jobs that I might want to do, or not. Looking for ideas on how to donate time and efforts but have not zero'd in on one. I'm not ready to be put out to pasture.

I have mixed feelings on all this. I'm not sure how I will handle retirement. I need something to do, to feel needed or that I'm accomplishing something. Will working my property be enough? There is work here but not sure my back or knees can do that 4 or 5 days week. It's all new to me. I'm sure it will all work out. I'm excited but also hoping I will not feel empty or bored.

Congratulations Doc. You earned it, now enjoy it. I have been retired now 6 years and I have never looked back and I am enjoying it totally.

I find things to do whenever I want to work as I own property and that means there is something to do all the time. If I do not want to work and just take the dog in the woods for a walk or a hike that is what I do.

My wife and I are shortly taking a trip up in the White Mountains in NH. In the middle of the week when rates are cheaper. Could never do that when I was climbing poles for a living. LOL.

Enjoy your time with the misses. That's called premium time and there is nothing else like it. :biggrin:
 

bczoom

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Congratulations Doc!!!

I'm in the same boat myself but my date isn't firm and will most likely be June of next year.

As ETF did, I plan on spending my initial free time taking care of overdue things around the homestead. Priorities will be on things I have to do one more time in my life but don't want to do when I'm older.

Also going to get surgery done that's been put off as I didn't want to miss work (hip replacement).

For community service, I'll continue to work with our school district (sports in particular) so long as my son attends. I was a Scout leader for several years but I don't think I want to get back into that.
 

NorthernRedneck

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Congrats. I'm sure you'll find something to keep you busy. Funny thing is I always joked about retiring by the age of 40. Now it looks like that may be the case in a way. Anyway. Enjoy it while you still have your health.

My parents are both recently retired and now rv full time. Sold the house. Bought a property to store their toys. Now they head to texas for the winter and tour around up here in the summer.

Ever consider rentals? That's what they do to supplement their income. Seems to work for them.
 

JEV

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Congratulations, Doc! I don't ever plan to retire, because I've watched too many people turn into vegetables because they never did anything but work. Once they retired they went downhill fast.

I have the best of both worlds with my little handyman business. I take the jobs I want, and refer the ones I don't to other friends in the business. If I want to go hunting or fishing or just goof off, I schedule work out for a week. I just tell folks that I'm pretty busy right now, but I can get to you in about a week. 99% of them are willing to wait, because they know it will be done right the first time.

Make time for helping others and you'll never be wanting for something to do. As we age more and more of us can use a helping hand from time to time. The reward for helping is better than a paycheck!

Enjoy!
 

Danang Sailor

nullius in verba
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Greg, I've actually retired three times now and am not planning on getting myself into a position where it will be
necessary to do it again! It seems to me that ETF has given you the best possible advice but here's :my2cents::
Learn to take the time to do nice things for yourself, frequently, and learn not to feel guilty when you do. That last part can be
hard for folks who have always worked and given everyone else 100%. Do it anyway! :clap:
 

XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq

Master of Distraction
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Congrats Doc. My dad just turned 80 and may actually stop working this year - I think he will miss the intellectual part of his job but hopefully not too much.
 

Big Dog

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Congratz brother ..................... I'm going in the wrong direction. I just hired three Specialist BUT I am working my sons into the fold for them to take over in a couple years ................... hopefully!
 

Doc

Bottoms Up
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Niiiiice!!! Take your boat and travel down the river to the ocean man! :thumb::tiphat:

Dat's da plan. Course you might not have heard I do not have that 50' houseboat no more. Just a little 28 footer. We will spend a lot of time boating various places but not on the ocean.
 

waybomb

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Congrats Doc.
I myself am scared to retire for the same reasons JEV is.
There's only so much boat waxing one can do before going absolutely bonkers.
Good luck man!
 

OhioTC18

Gone But Not Forgotten
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Good for you Doc. Hope you enjoy your retirement. I've got 2-3 years to go......I hope.
 

RedRocker

Active member
I retired in August of 15, spent the next few months fixing up the house and moving my
shop to our place in the country. Sold the city home and moved to the country, living in a travel trailer while our house is being built. I have not lacked for stuff to do so far, but I share your concerns about being useful and productive.
 
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