Made It, I'm Retired!

akcabin

Lil-Rokslider
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Congratulations !!!!! I retired 2 years ago and have been building our new retirement home. Almost done. Then it's grandkids time !
I will be taking time to bring our 7 year old grandson out moose, spruce hens hunting.
Best part is no phones now watches. Just my time.
 
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I retired from my long term job 12 years ago. Then I worked private industry for three years in management.

Since then I farm and do just enough consulting to support my farm as well as staying current in my focus areas in mining.

I find the toughest commodity is time. As I fight weather and machinery breakdowns, I find I'm scrambling to complete all my tasks before taking Oct- Jan off for hunting. After that I'm back to farming.

Retirement is a nice concept but for me it was an escape from interagency battles and incredibly crappy management.
 

Weldor

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Right on, you'll be busier now then when you worked. Great part about it is it's at your pace. Enjoy!
 

AKBorn

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Tennessee
Congratulations!! I retired on Jan 31 of 2020, and highly recommend it. Don't miss work at all, and plenty to do to keep busy.
 

jzeblaz

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Mar 23, 2012
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Santa Rosa, CA
Hey dudes, I've hit retirement! Last day was yesterday. Have lots of plans laid out for things to do in the coming months and years, won't be a couch potato, for sure. Even more hunting planned and will get back into fishing. On the immediate horizon, wife and I will be headed to SW Colorado for 10 days at the end of this month. Can't wait!
Congrats! Enjoy!
 
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GOING ON 6 YEARS HERE FIRST THING I DONE WAS THROW AWAY THE WRIST WATCH THEN THE CALENDAR I NOW LIVE BYE MOON PHASES ANS RUT TABLES. ENJOY
 
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Northeast Pa
Buckhunter55...me too. I retired almost 6 years ago, got bored and did 9 months of consulting last year then went back to retirement.......now almost a year later I'm getting bored again...but fighting the urge to go back to work again at 64.

Congrats to anyone who gets to the retirement stage. Find something exciting to do every day for that first 2 years to get past any kind of missing either the work or the coworkers.
 

eddielasvegas

WKR & Chairman of the Rokslide Welcoming Committee
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Feb 2, 2020
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Scottsdale, AZ
Played in a poker tournament Saturday with a guy who retired at 59 and that was 29 years ago!!!

He said he played golf everyday until 80 and then been playing poker since then since golf was too hard physically.

Pretty durn impressive if you ask me.


Eddie
 

LostArra

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May 9, 2013
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Oklahoma
Hunting deer Monday Tuesday Wednesday definitely beats Friday Saturday Sunday with work on Monday.

Of course hunting the whole week is nice when the working hunters show up on the weekends to help cook dinner
 
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