Retiring - Page 13

MaggieMack · ‎10-01-2014

@SurferWife, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (You're still a baby!) Hope your dat brings some wonder your way!

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop

SurferWife · ‎12-12-2010

Thank you so much @MaggieMack!

Time is just a drop in the bucket compared to eternity. It isn’t how long you live that matters; it is how well you are prepared to die. ~~Colonel Robert B. Thieme, Jr.

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

@SurferWife wrote:
@teainlondon wrote:
I wish I could tell you how happy I am that I am retired, but I am not. I grieve every day for the interaction with colleagues. I found that many who still work distance themselves and I don't have anything in common with them since I am not in the thick of it. I was busy and going and enjoyed the meetings and discussions. Now that is not a part of my life. I don't like to be by myself. It's just my DH and me. He is retired but still works part time. He has a reason to get out of the house and be with people. I am at home alone.

I mourn every day and often am too depressed to do anything. I was never a housewife; I had domestic help that did the cleaning and cooking. Now that's left to me, and I am a lousy housewife.

I would give anything if I could go back to work.

@teainlondon...can you go back to work? I imagine I would react to retirement as you have. I plan to work as long as God's grace keeps me going and physically able to work. I'm not retirement age yet (I turned 50 today), but even when I get there, I don't plan to retire because I hit that magic number. I know it's different for everyone, but like you I enjoy working. I hope you're able to find something to do that you really enjoy. I wish you the best!!

Happy Birthday Surfer Wife!

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@mstyrion 1 wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
I did,t see anyone except OR say or imply there was only one way to go regarding retirement.
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I agree, noel.

OR's post and the posts saying you never keep friends you make at work were the opinions I disagreed with. The other posts were people giving their experiences about retirement-positive and negative.

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I'm with you all the way @mstyrion 1

KALLIE · ‎02-17-2016

I was VERY FORTUNATE that I was able to sell my business several years ago. Since then, I work from home as a CONSULTANT. GREAT money, and I can work whenever I want to.

morganjen · ‎03-13-2010

I'm looking forward to it and will go as soon as I'm eligable. I can't stand the people I work with now. (Too bad, because I love what I do.) Used to be a good working environment, but over the years they all retired or left and we got all new people. Let's say, now it's "challenging" to say the least. I can't wait to get out of there.

Originally joined board 12-14-2004

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

Working for me meant an almost 2 hour commute to and from Washington, DC, on a bus. I was up at 3 a.m. and on the road by 5. I spent more time on the bus than at home some days.

My carreer spanned 38 years and I worked for Congress, at the White House and with top government officials. I worked closely with worldwide media and wrote something for publication almost daily.

So, when I retired (5 years after I was eligible to leave), there was NOTHING that I missed about work.

It was often a politcally charged environment where those that worked were lumped together with those that didn't. Some employees were MIA for hours a day and never held accountable. I didn't feel cheated, but it was hard to ignore some days.

While I enjoyed what I did, it was time to go.

For those that say that all that awaits you in retirement is death or you are no longer relevant or a decision maker, I don't get that at all. I never needed my job to know who I was or my value in life. I'm ok with leaving the front line to others, but I'm not sitting around waiting to take my last breath or lamenting anything.

Many years before retiring I saw both of my parents off to the other side after having built a home for them next door to mine. In the interventing years, I also helped with DH's parents. So, there wasn't much "free" time until the last 4 years.

I'm happy to be free of working in an office, but that doesn't mean I'm not working. My home, 4 kitties and small B&B keep me plenty busy.

I'll never understand the need to work until you drop, but if that's your choice and it makes you happy, please carry on.

MaggieMack · ‎10-01-2014

My favorite days now are the days that I wake up with NOTHING on my calendar. The possibilities are endless!

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop

granddi · ‎03-16-2010

@Kalli wrote:
Caught between happiness and sadness. You work your whole life to get to the point when you no longer have to work. At first, retirement is so distant, you just push it to the back of your mind. Then one day, you wake up and realize it's almost here. Where did the time go???

I'm excited but I'm also feeling a sense of loss. Don't get me wrong. I'm looking forward to having more time to do the things I want to do, like go trail riding at 10 am on a Tuesday just because I feel like it. Or staying up late to watch the end of a movie and not having to worry about being tired at work the next day. And of course, my parents are elderly and in need of my help, so this means I'll have more time to be there for them.

It's exciting but I also never thought I'd feel so sad. I'm mourning the loss of my career....but it's not really my career, it's my involvement with the people I've worked with and for all these years. I love what I do but didn't realize it would be so bittersweet to leave and retire. I'll certainly cry on my last day. Sheesh.

It is so good to know that I am not the only one to have these feelings. It's been 2 years for me and I thought I was mentally tough enough to handle the future. We are financially secure and healthy so many would ask why would you be feeling so blue.

I not only lost my career that was my passion and identity for 42 years but now our friends and are making life changes. Many are moving from our small town. Most are relocating so be nearer to children, or nearer to medical or recreation. We are far away from our children so that if we see them frequently we must make the effort.

So we lost our career and all that we loved, our friends are leaving our town and we are far distance from children and other family. We are looking at homes in a larger metro area near family. We will be moving soon from our HOME to a HOUSE. We will be ok.