Community Chat

[Janey2]

Being honest....unless you have activities you would love to do or maybe lots of travel retirement gets very boring after a few months. Waking up when you want and planning your day without restraints becomes nothing. How many lunches can you go to with the same people week after week? Of course you have to like your job to stay. If you find it horrible then that's not good either. After a few months of retirement I found another job. I needed stimulation I wasn't getting just staying home. 

[LuvSoCal]

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@rockygems123 wrote:

@JFD12 

You can retire at full pay which means no working but full pay & benefits?

Sounds great!

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@rockygems123 I think what she meant is that her pension will be based on her current salary not that she will continue to collect her full salary.

I am a retired CA state employee and after 38 yrs of service I collect 93% of the salary I was earning at time of retirement (which was the highest of my career). That is calculated on age/service credits

SS more than made up the remaining 7%. That's when I knew it was time to submit my papers.

[Snooky60]

@JFD12 -best decision I ever made, to retire! I want to add to the other posters- you can do your laundry during the day, you can go food shopping during the day and all the other things you had to do at night or on the weekends. I live in Pennsylvania so I always worried about getting to work in the bad weather. Now when bad weather comes, I just roll over and go back to sleep. Congratulations. Enjoy your retirement!!!

[QVCkitty1]

I retired at 62, I was frankly just tired of the whole thing. After a month off I was encouraged to work per diem ( hospital OR ) and I liked the idea of extra money if and when I wanted to work. For a few years it was apleasant was to have my cake and eat it too. When I decided to quit for good, I never looked back. Retirement is freedom.

[JFD12]

@Snooky60 @Thank you so much! I have not retired just yet but I cannot imagine not working as I never have not worked! Kind of horrifying for me! I can retire so very soon and I think Imwill be in shock! Lol! 

[Xivambala]

With the exception of 6 months, I worked from high school until I retired at 65. I'll side with those that say there is nothing like having the freedom to live life as you choose, and do as you please when you please. Unlike a prior poster, I don't need to fill my days with mindless activities to "keep busy" or occupy my time.

Everyone is different and has different needs. I've been independent and self-sufficient all my life and have enough hobbies and projects to last longer than my remaining days on this earth. 

[Snowpuppy]

Currently struggling with that decision. I'm hoping for an early out offer this year.

Since Covid, our division has lost so many employees that it's impossible to keep up. Corp won't hire so instead they made most of us remote as an incentive.

I called a Realtor yesterday. I want to think it over before listing. No going back then.

I'm Just Tired!

[bellaartiste]

You will love it! My sister retired two years ago, and I am beyond jealous. She is doing everything I want to do,  traveling, gardening more, baking more, seeing friends more, doing a ton with fun festivals, volunteering with food banks, and on and on.

She continues to knit with her knitting group. She has even taken classes to learn home repair, and how to bake at high altitude. I don't think she looked back for a second. She seems to have a ton of energy.

[JFD12]

@Xivambala I am kind of freaking out! lol! I have never not worked! 

[Goodie2shoes]

I retired from about 45 years as a nurse in 2016 and have not regreted a single day !!   I had my share of working the day shift and the midnight shift working in a Hospital for many years then I worked  for an insurance company  my last 16 yrs as a work comp case manager. I was just returning from having my first knee replacement and  achilles tendon repair which ended up having to be redone because the incision came open. With going through all of that and coming up on my 65 th birthday I decided to just hang it up so I handed in my notice on my first day back to work !   I have not regretted a single day. Happy Birthday and enjoy your retirement !