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Wondered if I was the only one. Financially it makes sense but we'll be ok anyhow.
I can't imagine not working a few days a week for as long as possible considering I can keep this job or something akin to it working just a few days a week. Maybe work just seasonally being a campground host or something catering to summer vacationers.
Yet I want time to garden, go away for a few days at a time, maybe a whole weekend here or there.
Hubby is 8 yrs older so will be retired before I will.
Depression will probably set in if I don't work at least a few days a week, or seasonally
I want my kin to have more inheritance. Including grandkids. This world will only get worse.
Garden, cycle, church, travel a little...
Cycle alot
Looking forward to it
If you think you will be working full time or part time for as long as possible, what will you do for a living? why work at all?
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Depends on the person(& ality)... some are quite content to fully retire an be leisurely.
Others are very engaged in family or volunteering.
Others prefer to do what many call "work" / jobs. (the Self employed / farmers / builders ...)
For a good gig (flexible, 'working' by choice (not need), and worthwhile pay) seems fine to me if someone "works" during retirement.
often for MANY reasons... (Healthcare is biggy + a few more dollars / something-to-be-engaged-within most cases).
We gave all our assets away (including house) while in our 40's, so no additional wealth gain here. But additional dollars during retirement flow to assist travel bug, or BIG toys. (bulldozers and such). Keeping a few business dollars flowing aids travel and tax scenarios. (income properties in different territories we like to visit, + minimal business activities (enough to depreciate the 'toys') . Any of the side businesses could be stopped when desired / needed. If I work-for-wages / travel / and / or for healthcare it is nightshift / flexible, as I prefer to have every DAY shift off. (As I did for 30+ yrs while working to support my farming / homeschooling habit). I don't turn down an overseas gig that will enable me more (paid) travel . (at the moment... early 'retired' (for 10+ yrs) and well below age 65.
Not enough time remaining in this life, I have plenty to do and long list of things to learn (from skilled trades, to music / languages / academia). Use it as best suits you and your companions (family / friends / pets / livestock / & strangers (new friends) you will meet today...)
Many people on here will tell you there is no time for work. Unless you need the money there is too much to do. Maybe if you start doing some things you never did before like many on here your attitude will change. Many think retirement is more time to do the things you have always done. It is a time for new things, places, and people.
For many of us the wonderful part about choosing between work and not having work it is our decision to make. Well some will have to work just to make ends meet there's a good number of us that won't.
I'm 68 and starting last month I went from full-time to part-time employment and I love it. I think my hours are rather unique, I have an 1,550 mile round trip commute so what I do is travel to work on a Monday and stay for 12 days coming back on a Friday. By doing it this way I am away from home for only one weekend.
I come home and stay home for 16 days a period covering three full weekends. Right now I'm home and the weekend coming up is my last weekend at home, next Monday it's back to work. I look at it like two weeks of vacation every two weeks!
And I really think I'm going to enjoy this schedule over winter because we live in snow country but work is centered along the Georgia-Florida state line where winter is more like fall. Not only that but once I'm at work there's no reason we can't be on a sunny Beach enjoying the warm sand in the three hour drive. All this vacation time and I get paid for it.
I get paid to make the commute and the travel trailer I live in is free.
As a bonus work keeps me physically and mentally active. The last thing I want to do is the end up in a lounge chair watching ME TV all day long. That sort of thing will kill you.
How long will I do this? The short answer is I will do it for as long as I feel like doing it. I see myself doing it for at least two more years and then, if I feel like it, I might go until I am 75.
I've been retired for over ten years and I think about getting a part time job.
But then I think about the people and animals that need me to be available and realize it's not possible. And yes, I've hit the spot where I'm getting the dreaded b word - bored.
These summer days can be long. I have an activity or event scheduled almost every day, but it's not the same. Oh well, we shall see how the rest of the summer goes.
No, neither. That is why it's called ''retirement''. And I am busy doing what I want, when I want, and I am never bored. And there is nothing wrong with doing ''nothing'' either. Spontaneous anything, including naps, is the really best part of retirement.
I've been retired for over a year and a half. A friend asked I could fill in as a church secretary until they hired a permanent replacement. I said OK. After a week and a half I can say I hate it. The job is fine, the pastor is fine and the pay is fine, but working is really interfering with my life!
I see the desire to continue working as being healthy for most people, but the problem comes when it's included as part of your financial plan. A plan that tries to compensate for a delay in saving for retirement by planning to continue working as long as possible, is a plan that is fraught with potential pitfalls. Annually thousands are "forced" into early retirement by losing their job in their 50's and 60's and not being able to find suitable employment. Add in health and elder care risk and this plan looks more like a roll of the dice. If possible, everyone should try to plan for early retirement, whether they actually early retire or not is a secondary issue, what's important is creating that buffer to withstand what life may throw at you in the future. Too many people spend as if that income gravy train will never come to an end. Working as late in life as you desire and on your terms should be the goal.
Wondered if I was the only one. Financially it makes sense but we'll be ok anyhow.
I can't imagine not working a few days a week for as long as possible considering I can keep this job or something akin to it working just a few days a week. Maybe work just seasonally being a campground host or something catering to summer vacationers.
Yet I want time to garden, go away for a few days at a time, maybe a whole weekend here or there.
Hubby is 8 yrs older so will be retired before I will.
Depression will probably set in if I don't work at least a few days a week, or seasonally
I want my kin to have more inheritance. Including grandkids. This world will only get worse.
Garden, cycle, church, travel a little...
Cycle alot
Looking forward to it
If you think you will be working full time or part time for as long as possible, what will you do for a living? why work at all?
I loosely plan on retiring from full-time work at 62 and then I will decide if I want to take a low-stress part time job.
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. (at the moment... early 'retired' (for 10+ yrs) and well below age 65.
