Who needs retirement anyway? (move, spouse, 2009, state)

[TuborgP]

Who needs retirement anyway? - Money Features
How hard is it to stay retired? As you’ve no doubt heard, football legend Brett Favre just came out of retirement — for the second time. But it isn’t just sports figures who see retirement as little more than a passing phase: Polls suggest that anywhere from one-half to three-quarters of working Americans plan to return to some sort of work after they retire — that is, if they expect to retire at all.


The above is from the link and the article is a good read with thoughts that most of us can identify with in some way but not all ways.

[Gandalara]

I love my job. I really like the people I work with. I've got 2 great bosses.

But I am so sick of working. Sick of schedules and clocks. Less than 4 years to go.

Both brother and sister are retired, and are traveling to their hearts content. This is one time I don't like to be the baby of the family.

We had several people retire this past June from my college.
I wanted to paint my face bright green on their last day <-- just about this color, LOL

[akck]

In my 40's, my original plan was to retire at 62 because we're helping put our kids through school. In my early 50's I figured I could retire at 60 (retirement age for benefits), but I figured to work until 60-1/2 so I wouldn't retire in winter. Today, I'm thinking 60 is good and what's wrong with retiring in the middle of winter, less that 4-1/2 years from now. I'm thinking in 2 years, I'll check to see if 58 is a possibility. I think that fits in with the article.

[Tecoman]

i do i need to retire soon

[Ellwood]

Some people miss the social aspect of going to work everyday, others like the $$, and to some, working is all they have. Others still lack a good relationship with their spouse and find it difficult to leave behind the prestige they had at their jobs.
We retired at 60 and 62 and have never looked back. We are best friends, and yet, each has their own hobbies and interests. Both of us had well paid and and interesting jobs, great people to work with, but were ready to enjoy the fruits of our labors before our health limited us.

[Aylalou]

"Sick of schedules and clocks." That says it all, and never, ever underestimate sleep. All good things follow from great restfulness. Social relationships -- many ways to incur these - seek and you will find.

Somehow I get the feeling that in Favre's case, it's all he knows because it's all he did, so he doesn't have the inner resources to find something else for himself.

[texdav]

I've been retired 10 years and don't miss work at all.its now like i can't remmeber when i had to stay on a schedule.

[TuborgP]

Originally Posted by texdav

I've been retired 10 years and don't miss work at all.its now like i can't remmeber when i had to stay on a schedule.

Yucky yuck, a schedule! Especially when it influences the time you go to bed and wake up. Now the only time pressure about when to wake up is the dog. Even he sleeps later now.

[NewToCA]

Originally Posted by Ellwood

Some people miss the social aspect of going to work everyday, others like the $$, and to some, working is all they have. Others still lack a good relationship with their spouse and find it difficult to leave behind the prestige they had at their jobs.

We retired at 60 and 62 and have never looked back. We are best friends, and yet, each has their own hobbies and interests. Both of us had well paid and and interesting jobs, great people to work with, but were ready to enjoy the fruits of our labors before our health limited us.

This is very true, the social aspects of working are something that can become a bit of a vacuum after you retire, especially if you move to a different location far from your job. I know it has been a bit of an adjustment for me, I did enjoy that aspect of working.

I don't miss a lot of the other stuff though, and have found that if you keep working at trying to establish a comfortable volunteer process, you generally can replace some of the social aspect missing when retired.

[Searcher521]

My employment inolves projects that go through a 3 to 6 year cycle from early development to certification. I just realized that the current one we are quoting will last well past my early retirement age but since I am on an old fashioned retirement plan a few more years means a lot more money. For all the reasons previously stated, enjoying work most of the time, social aspect of daily interaction and just plain not having a better idea what to do with myself will keep me going until they nudge me out.