Not at all, wife and I set and talked one night, the next day I told them I was done.. That was at age 57 with 401K and some saving.. Took early retirement from the company til age 62 when SS kicked in and we haven't looked back.. That will be nine years this December.. Get out while/if you can and enjoy life.. We wouldn't trade what we've done and where we've been for anything.. Oh ya, we haven't touched the 401K yet and don't plan on it til I'm 70 and have to then.. Hope this helps..
Mike..
2003 Holiday Rambler Neptune 36 PBD 38' - ISB 300 Cummins w/Allison MH2000 5 speed
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Mike & Sharon
64 and having a terrible time cutting the cord to my good check. Hate my boss, like my coworkers and every morning I say to myself, what in hell are you waiting for, give your notice, then I get in the shower and come to my senses of receiving a very good pay check for moderately hard work. I do envy those who just choose to stay longer or go out for the winter to AZ or FL and come and go as they please. But I do know they are depleting the account and I am adding to it although I am paying into a system that should be paying me which is Social Security so I need to take a deep breath and jump into retirement and the hell with the $$$$$
Chevy Silverado 2500HD with Duramax engine and Allison transmission
2002 Sunnybrook 34BWTS with lots of goodies
Pullrite Superglide Hitch, Prodigy brake controller
S and S Co-Travelers and along for the ride is Ketzel the wonder cat.
For me, retiring has never been about relaxing and not working. I'm in to more now than I have ever been. The only difference is that I don't have to go somewhere else during part of the day and do what someone else wants me to do. Fact is, I'm still trying to figure out how I ever made the time for a job.
Then as you get older, you start getting down to 8 hour days doing either what you want to do or what's required, and not having to do these same things after coming home from work.
Finally, there's the drudgery of traveling and having to work on your RV and other toys....lol
"We are often so caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey."
1998 36ft. National Tropi-Cal Model 6350, with a tag axle and one slide, on a 1997 P32 Chevy chassis....7.4 Vortec Engine
Everyone has different priorities. I was offered the chance at age 48 to sell and retire. The person making the offer was very gracious, but I said that we did not have clients, we have friends. And I did not plan to leave my friends until my mid 70's. But we have RV'ed to all the lower 48 since then, so we still get out and see this great country.
I've been retired 12 years now, and don't regret leaving, even though I had a wonderful job. What I do now, in on my own terms. I don't always have as much money as I would like, but I get by.
I would have worked longer if the job could have gotten along without me for a few months of R%R and allowed me to recharge my batteries. That's what ultimeately happened anyway. I like my quality of life more now.
Was not hard at all. When I hit age 55 with 34 years put in. I got full retirement. Plus with all the new Yuppie Puppies comeing.( who thought they knew everything) I ran for the front door.
Never looked back or have I ever been back to the place I worked for anything.
Tom & Bonnie
Crossville, TN.
Aspect 29H 2008
Class C past Class A owner
Pontiac G6 There is NO such Thing as a B+
rvten wrote: Was not hard at all. When I hit age 55 with 34 years put in. I got full retirement. Plus with all the new Yuppie Puppies comeing.( who thought they knew everything) I ran for the front door.
Never looked back or have I ever been back to the place I worked for anything.
Humm, I thought I was the only one that had that problem with the Yuppie Puppies when I retired. I too never looked back.
RVER wrote: 64 and having a terrible time cutting the cord to my good check. Hate my boss, like my coworkers and every morning I say to myself, what in hell are you waiting for, give your notice, then I get in the shower and come to my senses of receiving a very good pay check for moderately hard work. I do envy those who just choose to stay longer or go out for the winter to AZ or FL and come and go as they please. But I do know they are depleting the account and I am adding to it although I am paying into a system that should be paying me which is Social Security so I need to take a deep breath and jump into retirement and the hell with the $$$$$
Had a close friend and co-worker back when I was working that was one year younger than you are now. He basicly had this same attitude, especially since his 72 year old brother was still working there also and going strong. Then one day he wasn't feeling well and went to the Doctor. Story short, the Doc told him that he would be probably die within 3 mons. and he did. He never received one penny of SS or his already fat pension and the thing is, he wasn't making any money anyway, by the time he gave up on all that in lieu of his paycheck. Not to mention the the extra costs associated with the job...tax bracket, extra vehicle expense...etc. etc.
melvonnar wrote: Quit buying stupid stuff. I love the saying "spending money you don't have to buy things you don't need, to impress people you don't like". That's what has this country in a mess.
They say to work smart, not hard...he did both.
well said
Amen to that. Most all of what you buy has no value. When you die, most of it goes into the trash or Goodwill. I go to Costco once in awhile. I spend a couple hours looking around and fill up the cart. Then I stop and analyze what's in it, make a U turn and put everything back.
I loved all my jobs, including the inventory of elephant poop at the Kansas City Zoo as a teen. I work a week a month now and really love what I'm doing but it still ties us down. Work is work, it makes other people rich and they act like they are really giving you something.
Turn in the keys, enjoy yourself and give a little back to the community by volunteering. All the toys in the world can't bring you as much pleasure and sense of being as helping others.
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I was a autoworker and when the time came to retire I signed my papers, said my goodbyes and left. Just turned another page in life and started a new one.
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