Re: Retiring

RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

I retired quite a bit earlier than I expected due to an injury. When I was offered an alternate, interim position that was considered by my employer to be easier and safer for me, I decided it was time to open the cell door and reclaim my freedom. I resigned!

As far as I am aware, I've never been looked upon as someone at the end of the road or a useless human being. For however long I have on this planet, I suck the juice out of life, do as I please, love my loved ones, treasure my friends and my freedom. I was never just my job.

~The only difference between this place and the Titanic is that the Titanic had a band.~

mstyrion 1 · ‎09-18-2014

@occasionalrain wrote:
The thing about retiring is that the future is nothing but death. One can find rewarding busywork or entertain themselves with travel, crafts, grandchildren...to distract themselves from the closing in inevitable. What's to look forward to but decline? Where is the joy in that?

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I've got news for you, OR.

You're going to die whether you are working or not.

I choose not to bite the big one sitting at a desk in a corporate office.

I retired 2 years ago and never looked back. I had a career job for 40 years and I was done. I wake up earlier (and happier) than I did while I was working. I take walks in the morning and can actually read for an hour or two without the brain exhaustion I suffered with while working.

I work two days per week at a non-stress job that pays me very well. I feel like I am actually living now. I wouldn't trade this life for anything!

~Enough is enough~

Beth-QVC · ‎06-14-2015

Moved:

This post has been removed by QVC because it is rude

mstyrion 1 · ‎09-18-2014

..oh and let me add that the friends I made at work who really meant something to me are still my friends and I see them often. Several of them are still working, so that myth about losing your working friends when you retire is just that. A myth.

~Enough is enough~

JustJazzmom · ‎03-09-2010

I think OR says these things for attention. I'm glad I don't have to live under your roof.

☼The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. GBShaw☼

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

Ok, I think I see why you aren't looking foward to retirement. Sleeping later and caring for elderly parents is not a plan for a happy and fulfilling retirement. What you described is just marking time. If work was a huge part of your life, if you loved it, if your social life revolved around work friends, if your self esteem is tied to your work....why are you retiring??? What's the hurry? Just because you can retire doesn't mean you must retire. Assuming you can still do the job, keep working. One of my staff just retired and she is 76. I have two others who are 70ish and have no plans to retire this year, anyway. None of them needs the money. The 76 year old did reduce her hours to 32 about 10 years ago, the other two are still full time. A person should be happy about retiring, not dreading it. Why not delay it for a year or two and take the time to plan a happy and fulfilling retirement? So that there really is happiness in your future.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@occasionalrain wrote:
I'm a realist. I see the retired, most are no longer current or vital. I have no desire to join them. Volunteers are not decision makers, not taken seriously, I have no desire to join them.

I reduced my hours some back when there were massive layoffs so as to allow another to remain employed which gives me more free time. Other than that, I have no plans or desire to retire.

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How sad that all some people see as worthwhile in life is work.

mstyrion 1 · ‎09-18-2014

@Sooner wrote:
@GCR18 wrote:
You can still meet up with your friends from work. Plan a few lunches or dinners before you leave for the upcoming month. I can't wait for that day to come. Unfortunately, it's further out than I'd like. Congratulations, it will be great.
For many it doesn't work that way. After you leave they have little interest in you and your life leaves very little for you to talk about.

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How sad for you, Sooner.

I suppose I am lucky. That didn't happen to me. I have lots to talk about because I don't sit around the house all day--unless I want to!

~Enough is enough~

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

My work friend is like an older brother to me and is the godfather of my daughter.

OR has led a very sheltered life.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

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@Sooner wrote:
@GCR18 wrote:
You can still meet up with your friends from work. Plan a few lunches or dinners before you leave for the upcoming month. I can't wait for that day to come. Unfortunately, it's further out than I'd like. Congratulations, it will be great.
For many it doesn't work that way. After you leave they have little interest in you and your life leaves very little for you to talk about.

It NEVER works out becsuse work is the bond. Work friends get together and talk about the job, the boss, projects etc. Once a person leaves or retires, there is no bond. At first, not much changes but in time, the one who left has nothing in common with her former work buddies. They talk and laugh about what happened last week and the retiree just sits there. After that first year, those former work relationships wither away.