32 years in a middle school classroom and retired 5 years ago @57. Lasted two years and was going stir crazy so I got a part time job at the local flower and garden shop. Just got back from 8 weeks in Hawaii and headed to Fla next week for spring break Life is good
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson
After working as a Professional Engineer for 39 years as a civilian employee of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, I retired in 2007. Loving every minute of it.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
U.S. Army Retired (2003) and currently teach 9 classes each college term and run several small businesses. I had so much free time whenever I was in the Army! What happened?
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Really just starting my career, out of undergrad for 6 years, out of MBA for 2 plus and working through CFA program. Hoping to be retired from schooling within a year and a half. Careerwise? Full time for the forseeable future. But I like where I'm at and they don't mind if I fart around on these boards or Rick Snows website or ebay, so I can't complain.
retired in 1999 at age 32... after spending 8 years helping develop what's now the worlds best selling MoAb against cancer.
freedom lasted 4 years, spent time traveling the world and building the coin collection of my childhood dreams..
until got married, bought another house, had 2 kids, and had to un-retire in 2003 to support the new levels of expenditure.
and you know what? never been happier. the family's wonderful, and the new company has even more potential than the old one, and I'm holding 10 times the equity
Slowing down - only working about 50hrs/week currently - guess that's semi-retired??
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
I've got a year and a half to go until retirement. I could do it a few months sooner, but I'll stick around until I receive my bonus at the end of September. I'm really looking forward to it; I do more at my job than others who are a lot younger, and I've had enough of the rat race. I'll consider some part-time work 2 or 3 days a week, provided it's something that I enjoy, and is low-stress.
"Retired" Deputy Sheriff, now full time DoD Civil Service employee. I plan on retiring from this in about 20 years, when I'm 60 if I make it that long.
Best regards, Dwayne F. Sessom Ebay ID: V-Nickel-Coins
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...well, at least in my version of the job description...
Re: Slabbed coins - There are some coins that LIVE within clear plastic and wear their labels with pride... while there are others that HIDE behind scratched plastic and are simply dragged along by a label. Then there are those coins that simply hang out, naked and free
Not retired at 54, but financially ok - ready to quit work and start living!
PS - I think the word retirement is misulderstood. Working if you love what you are doing is where its at. Not working at something you hate is a waste of time. even if you need the money!!
“When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
55 and semi-retired. I work because I love what I do and it's become a new career. I'll do it a couple of more years for a little more income and then I'll do some travelling.
Teacher who went 30, retired, then came back full time. Legal in our state. You give up a little bit of salary but I was lucky . . .battled back for my same job. Had to sit for 6 months, but then was back . .
<< <i>Self-employeed; I get to choose the jobs I want to take and when I want to take them. >>
Ditto, life is good!
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I retired early (59) to take care of my father in law who moved in with us with Alzheimer's, (3 yrs) he passed away last Feb. so now FULLY RETIRED and loving it!!
Blessings to all
(ps . . if you are still working, please keep paying into my SS fund
I could retire to play with coins more and be with the wife, but I am not.....
I built a primarily fee based business that is to good to walk away from.....
Most people I am meeting are seeking sound advice and my team has the experience and knowledge to offer it.....that comes from having been in this business 30 years.
We manage over 450mm of client assets......our latest referral is a baskeball player from the UTAH Jazz.
I love doing the right thing for people...its a passion of mine.
Besides taking off whenever I want the balckberry helps me stay connected so I can be somewhere and not be in the office.
I usually take 7-8 weeks a year of vacation......I am fairly disciplined in my free time, I try not to waste it.
This year we pulled out the stops and hosted a huge holiday party for 160 of our clients with great food, wine and entertainemt.....while our out of town clients received anywhere from $25 to $100 invites to name the charity of their choice that we paid while acknowledging them. We lovedoing that stuff...
I guess you can tell I still like working.
I manage money. I earn money. I save money . I give away money. I collect money. I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I think there should be other categories as well. For instance: voluntarily unemployed, involuntarily unemployed, disabled, etc. There may be people who don't fit into either category of retired, semi-retired or neither.....but only in the very broadest sense and definition.
Semi retired - 20 hours per week (avg). Work when I want to, on what I think is important. No one reports to me, and my "boss" just signs my time sheet. I call it the best job around!
I am very retired and enjoy everyday to the fullest, as long as I can. I've been a Machinist tool maker all of my life. And used to be a welder fabricator for many years and built military equipment for years and years, you can still see my work in the desert of Iraq and Afghanistan in the form of Bradly fighting vehicles and multiple launch rocket systems. I miss working , but I enjoy not working just a little more....Joe
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Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
sunny days...........Hmmmmm ?do I work today, or go out and hang out at a sandy little beach? hmmmmm decisions, decisions decisons...........
being self employed doing something I love to do, and getting paid rather well for it........I dont know if I can really even call that "work".
freedom lasted 4 years, spent time traveling the world and building the coin collection of my childhood dreams..
until got married, bought another house, had 2 kids, and had to un-retire in 2003 to support the new levels of expenditure.
and you know what? never been happier. the family's wonderful, and the new company has even more potential than the old one, and I'm holding 10 times the equity
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And gave up on the private sector last year.
And yes my post count grows a lot faster now than it used to.
Jim
Dwayne F. Sessom
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Mike
I work for the Federal Government... monitoring this forum is part of my job...
...well, at least in my version of the job description...
and the other half in Bedlam Asylum.
Camelot
PS - I think the word retirement is misulderstood. Working if you love what you are doing is where its at. Not working at something you hate is a waste of time. even if you need the money!!
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<< <i>Self-employeed; I get to choose the jobs I want to take and when I want to take them.
Ditto, life is good!
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Worked till 55 then out the door and never looked back.
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Blessings to all
(ps . . if you are still working, please keep paying into my SS fund
I built a primarily fee based business that is to good to walk away from.....
Most people I am meeting are seeking sound advice and my team has the experience and knowledge to offer it.....that comes from having been in this business 30 years.
We manage over 450mm of client assets......our latest referral is a baskeball player from the UTAH Jazz.
I love doing the right thing for people...its a passion of mine.
Besides taking off whenever I want the balckberry helps me stay connected so I can be somewhere and not be in the office.
I usually take 7-8 weeks a year of vacation......I am fairly disciplined in my free time, I try not to waste it.
This year we pulled out the stops and hosted a huge holiday party for 160 of our clients with great food, wine and entertainemt.....while our out of town clients received anywhere from $25 to $100 invites to name the charity of their choice that we paid while acknowledging them. We lovedoing that stuff...
I guess you can tell I still like working.
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
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so I voted semi-retired?
"boss" just signs my time sheet. I call it the best job around!
... oh, wait. I thought you said semi-retarded. Never mind.
Herb
"Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."
~Wayne
Fred, Las Vegas, NV
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I miss the army!
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