Who's Retired?

[cnelk]

Who all here is retired?

I just passed 6 months in retirement and am loving it

 

[Milestone522]

I retired February 1st 2020, really enjoying it

 

[mike.adams.467]

I retired July 31, 2019.


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[MattB]

Not me, but my wife retired in Oct. She is now a full time teacher. ;-)

If work keeps going in the same direction it has been, I very well might join her. I had planned to work until I was 53 but may not have the will.

 

[manitou1]

I retire March 1st 2021. Having a house built in Wyoming right now. It will be completed by my retirement date.

 

[DJB]

Just retired Sept 4, best job I have ever had.

 

[Nomadx2]

What's funny about approaching retirement is that if you achieve ridiculous financial goals you set to be able to retire, without limits, you can develop a fear of retiring because that same discipline causes hesitancy.

I am 2-3 years away, should've retired 5 years ago, but a business commitment to a partner has me tied.

It's not the money aspect I am worried about, it's the mental approach to being productive every day that I worry about ...

 

[Ranger619]

I am not, but with my job every year I work I get 2 years closer to retiring.......

 

[AZmark]

Semi retired here. Does that count for anything
I kinda like it.

 

[ZDR]

On sabbatical now and retiring Jan 4th. My sabbatical has been a retirement 'test drive' and so far it has been great.

 

[BadDogPSD]

Retired in 2013. Started working again in 2014. I guess I like working. Also, my hobbies are a little expensive, so additional income is nice .

 

[Blockcaver]

I retired the first time in 2009, but got recruited to BC from CO for 5 more years of work....and hunting, Retired up in BC the second time 6 years ago...and built a house as the general contractor. We did all the landscaping, alot of interior stuff and 4 years later are mostly done. I do a bit of consulting as well, but only when the jobs don't conflict with hunting plans.

Can't beat retirement....hunt during the week when less people are out, go on 3 week trips hunting in Northern BC, drive to Alaska for a Brown Bear hunt, drive up thru the Yukon into the MacKenzie Mts within 40 miles of your Dall sheep outfitter's base camp, go Stone sheep hunting a couple trips a year until you arrow one, then go with your buddy and help him arrow one a couple yrs later. Hunt Coues deer in AZ for a month in January if it takes that long, etc.

Shoot skeet and sporting clays with your buddies during the week, ski and hike when no one is out, etc. Living the good life if we can get C-19 behind us so we an cross the borders, both into the US and also up into the NWT and Nunavut for some more hunting trips.

 

[mtwarden]

I'm about one year out; retired as a game warden 7 years ago, but was a little too young to fully retire. Took a contract job with the Feds that pays well and now has turned into part time work (roughly half time) which is very agreeable to me. I probably would have fully pulled the pin already if it hadn't been for the shift to part time. My wife is about a year out as well; definitely looking forward to it

 

[AKDoc]

I live in hunting, fishing, and outdoor adventure heaven, so I've worked hard and played hard for the past thirty-five years. I never for one minute lived for retirement...I just did it and lived life.

That said, I've been progressively and steadily moving towards retirement the past couple years, e.g., planfully reducing my work week and turning down new opportunities. I couldn't just pull the plug because I have professional commitments that I wanted to honor, and it just wasn't me. I've been at 3.5 days/week the past six months and will be down to 2 days/week next month, and then zero days next June. I will renew my professional license in June "just because..."

 

[SWOHTR]

I got about 30 years left. Maybe I’ll be an admiral by then, but probably not.

 

[Maverick1]

4084 more days. Not that I'm counting! LOL. (Started the countdown at 5840 days). Yeah, it is a ways to go, but something to look forward to. I have a countdown timer on my phone. It has a couple of dates on it: kids birthdays (since they ask throughout the year), the opening of elk season, and target retirement date.

 

[cnelk]

Good replies!

I should add that I did start my own business as an independent contractor and work about 20 some hours a week doing construction/handyman work.

Money is good and there’s nothing wrong with working. Unless there’s hunting or fishing to do!

 

[Phaseolus]

December 31, 2017 was my last day. 33 years in the same job was great until the last couple of years. I am happy doing as I please, hunting, fishing, camping, backpacking, and mtn biking. I got to help a young person sail his 35’ sailboat across the Pacific too, a lifelong dream.

 

[BFR]

Dec 24, 2007 reported for my last day of duty. Duty Captain called me into his office and told me I had 1 hr. to go say my goodbyes and report back to his office. I did and when I got back to his office he broke out a bottle of champagne, everyone in the office drank a toast and then kicked me out the door. Best Christmas present I ever got.

 

[netman]

Retired in 2017 at 53 years old. I enjoy going hunting,fishing and goofing off at my leisure.