Out of retirement

[jimh406]

I'm more of a buy great used vehicle, save the depreciation, and invest the money to make payments. I find it easy to make more than a low interest loan payment.

Any way, good luck on your new job/career/etc. I don't have any desire to unretire. I'm going on 5 years. My big driver was noticing how many of my friends/family developed health issues near the end of the career or shortly after they retired. So, I retired while my health was still good.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Reached my MRA(min.retirement age) this month and have been
using up accumulated annual leave that I cant carry over next year.
REALLY looking forward to retirement.
Must be sweet.

 

[long hunter]

Retired at 60 1/2 years old, going on 7 years now, never looked back. Keep busy and have wondered how I got things done while I was working. The good part is I don't have to kiss anyone's ass for time off. Hunt, fish, shoot anytime I want. Actually, live better now than when working.

 

[Elkhntr08]

Retired 2 1/2 years ago at 56 - stuck with a plan to start my own part-time carpentry/handyman business to stay active and help fund hobbies - little did I know that inflation was going to take a big chunk out of that.

Best thing to get when retired is called a Day Clock. Because you always forget what day it is!



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All I know is there’s 6 Saturdays and a Sunday.

 

[Nykki]

I retired at 50 in 2006, that lasted a couple years. Started my own business and am closing that at the end of the month. I can't stand sitting on my ass, I'm 66 now and have a couple hotrods and restorations I want to get done. Gotta have something to do.

 

[Fullfan]

Retired at 49, made it 4 years before I started going stir crazy. I had no sence of purpose. Financially the wife and I are very well off, my pension is more than most make a year and she pulls in 6 figures. So I did not go back for the money. Now my life once again has a purpose and I feel much better than I did.

Some ppl are not built to do nothing, and like
Mentioned. You can not hunt, fish, golf, or just hang out every day.

 

[Phaseolus]

I’m not sure how I ever had time for a job.

 

[CHWine]

Retired and left CA for Show Low AZ last April. Now that we're settled the challenge begins. I knew I'd struggle after working 43 years growing wine grapes. I don't miss the stress and pressure of the job in any way. I was getting lots of air and exercise when the weather was nicer but it's friggin cold here now. Working hard at not getting fat.

 

[BigBird69]

I don't understand why some people want to work their life away. Maybe it's just a lack of imagination or funds.

My grandparents and parents all retired at 55 and were busier after they retired than while they were working. They were never bored or ran out of things to do.

I never heard anyone on their death bed say they wished they worked more.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Ya'll must not of been in the military and learned hurry up and wait. I got absolutely no problem doing nothing.
I'm 41 and if they would let me retire rite now I'd never look back.

For me it would be having enough money for all the adventure I want to do.
As it stills ill work my life away and when I finally have the time to adventure ill be to old.

 

[LostArra]

I sold my business and retired last summer after 41 years in the same office and in good health.

I always know when the weekends are (the days I don't hike or go to the store because everyone else is), but that would be handy for the days in between.

^^ agree.

Pro tip: I've also found in my first hunting season during retirement that game animals are less edgy on Mondays and Tuesdays when the hunting crowds have gone back to work. Two bucks, a doe and an elk before my birthday (Nov 13) is a first for me. I usually drag things out until January. Now I scout for my son in-law.

 

[Phaseolus]

I sold my business and retired last summer after 41 years in the same office and in good health.


^^ agree.

Pro tip: I've also found in my first hunting season during retirement that game animals are less edgy on Mondays and Tuesdays when the hunting crowds have gone back to work. Two bucks, a doe and an elk before my birthday (Nov 13) is a first for me. I usually drag things out until January. Now I scout for my son in-law.

That’s called retirement hunting hours. There are also retirement camping days, Monday through Friday.

 

[oldwibowhunter]

Retired at 65 in 2008 & since then have worked at 6 Saturdays & one Sunday, let the working people have the weekend & hunt all week. When not hunting playing with bows & arrow's at archery tournaments.

 

[stanginthe11s]

I think the biggest thing with retirement is having a reason to do it. there are alot of people who really have no desires or hobbies, and that usually never goes well. you absolutely can hunt and fish 365, if you're retired you are not stuck in any one place. get out and enjoy it. if you need extra money, do something you always wanted to try and maybe it'll pan out. I myself got a few 3d printers and built a big cnc machine, it keeps me busy and I don't actually care if it makes me money. you're never too old to dream or learn.

 

[cnelk]

This year, my little carpentry/handyman business bought me 5 acres in Wyoming that I built a cabin on.

That kept me busy and something I always wanted to do - nuthin wrong with being busy

 

[Will_m]

You can not hunt, fish, golf, or just hang out every day.

Bet.

 

[JasonWi]

I’m quite aways away from retirement (I’m 46) and my wife actually posed this question to me. “How will you handle retirement, if you get bored on weekends?”

So I’ll certainly have to find new hobbies and passions to pursue when the time comes as I don’t want to work any longer than necessary. My goal is to leave my current job on my 62 birthday year (which will be 30 years with the state)

The last thing I want to do is not enjoy retirement to its fullest once it’s here. It’s difficult to plan for something for most of our adulthood then have to cram all those dreams into that small window in time

 

[FLATHEAD]

I feel like I'm wasting my life working.
I got Chit to do!!

 

[Fullfan]

Bet.

Trust me I said the same thing. I hunt 4 states every spring for turkeys. Camp and boat all summer, chase white tails in three states in the fall. Plus Sept bulls in Idaho. And don’t forget icefish most of the winter.
I still was finding myself w to much down time. But the biggest thing was, no sence of purpose.

 

[JeffRaines]

Bet.

I'm with you on this.

Hate to quote the old saying, but for the guys who "live to work" retirement is gonna be difficult. The people who work to live won't have any issues, because we're daydreaming about fishing/hunting/whatever while we're at work anyway... the difference will be that we can act on it vs just dreaming about it.