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I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year. I almost didn't say it this year, because this upcoming year may be a rough one. But at the risk of sounding corny, challenging times are when we need to make a point to be happy--if for no other reason than maintaining positive thoughts is good for your health. And why is it risky to be corny, anyway? Corny people are like roaches--no matter how much the world falls to pieces, we're the ones who survive! No matter what the year bring, we can all find ways to string together pleasant moments. I really believe an attitude like that is what gets people through challenging times.
Am I scared to retire this year? Yes. Am I going to do it anyway? Yes. Can't let things scare me and besides I don't think I really have a choice about it. Are we going to muddle through, no matter what happens? Yes. Am I going to find ways to make the best of it? Absolutely.
May 2013 bring us all tidings of comfort and joy. Ultimately that's what we all need the most.
And a happy new year to you as well Caladium! Congratulations on your upcoming retirement even with what seems to be mixed emotions about it. Have you decided where you'll relocate? It will be an exciting year for you!
Little to worry about for many (though perhaps not most) retirees who seem safe and secure. Our children's generation may be facing otherwise. Scaling back expectations for the "lifestyle" is key to happiness. Less is more. And there's always fine art to sustain our spirits, even in the toughest of times.
Here's a Bach piece for tonight, to dream on a better year:
Happy New year to all. I'm really looking forward to the New Year. I try not to let the government problems get me down. I just plan accordingly and assume that stupidity will continue to reign. I just make up my mind not to be like them, be myself, enjoy the blessings God gives me every day, and I look forward to the challenges and adventures in the New Year.
I decided to have a happy attitude also for 2013. DH decided to put off retiring for a bit, but we went ahead and bought our retirement home in NC----waiting on the the closing, at least. A bold and daring move on our part, but WTH---we've had some health issues, I'm a cancer survivor, let's just go for it!! "Take the chance while you still have the choice".
Will be selling the"big house" after we pretty it up some.
May you all have a very healthy, peaceful and content New Year.
Pizza and season 2 of Downton Abbey for us tonight. Well, me anyways. For DH, there's a Steven Segal marathon on--- :>P
Glad to add my voice to the wishes for a Happy New Year. This Retirement Forum is indeed like a community of sorts, more so I think than forums like history or economics. Over time, we learn each other's personalities and come to know what sort of posts to expect from certain people, although there are always a few surprises. A few months back I did something for the first time: visited in person with a poster from this forum. It was very interesting and worthwhile. Naturally it was someone I "liked" already. Don't feel it would be appropriate to identify the poster without his or her permission. It wasn't even necessary to exchange a whole lot of personal information - we know only each other's real first names and cell phone numbers now, having selected a restaurant to meet at. Lots of neat things can come of our participation here.
I will be joining you in retirement, on (as droll circumstances will have it) April Fool's Day!
On April's Fool Day of 2000, on a Saturday, instead of showing up at work, I rang my supervisor and told him I resigned, effective immediately. I did not even clean out my personal stuff, simply went to HR two days later to sign some papers, and that was it. My (early) retirement and my new life began that day.
We all survived the end of the world a couple of weeks ago (the day after my BIG birthday, incidentally) so 2013 is nothing but up from here, isn't it right?
On April's Fool Day of 2000, on a Saturday, instead of showing up at work, I rang my supervisor and told him I resigned, effective immediately. I did not even clean out my personal stuff, simply went to HR two days later to sign some papers, and that was it. My (early) retirement and my new life began that day.
That's a fascinating story. What was your supervisor's reaction, once he got past the notion that it was an April Fool's joke? Did you give yourself the pleasure of telling him off? You must not have had any personal effects of value at work, either sentimental or otherwise. I am more anal than you; I prepared my files carefully for my successor and went through them with her. Some nice momentos I took with me, such as some complimentary memos and letters I had received over the years. Those sorts of things are nice to have.
That's a fascinating story. What was your supervisor's reaction, once he got past the notion that it was an April Fool's joke? Did you give yourself the pleasure of telling him off? You must not have had any personal effects of value at work, either sentimental or otherwise. I am more anal than you; I prepared my files carefully for my successor and went through them with her. Some nice momentos I took with me, such as some complimentary memos and letters I had received over the years. Those sorts of things are nice to have.
He was not the cause of my resignation so I didn't say anything bad at all, just stated the fact that I would not show up at work that day or any day hence. He stuttered a bit, but when I told him he would receive the resignation paperwork on Monday, and he best used the time to find someone to take my place for that day before the office opened, he couldn't wait to end the conversation. April was an especially busy month for that office, with looming tax deadline and all, so he was more concerned about dealing with the immediate problem than whether my call was legit.
I had quite a bit of personal stuffs at work, but none of them was irreplaceable. My favourite perfume, the hairbrush I brought in London, an extra set of clothing and shoes, etc, just mundane women things. Once husband talked me into agreeing that my mental, emotional, and physical health were more important than the paycheck, I could not see myself going back to collect anything that would no longer be a part of my life.
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