Loving Retirement!!

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I retired in 2015 and never looked back. No regrets whatsoever.
I stay busy with brewing, meat processing and a side hustle of restoring vintage radios and automotive electrical systems. Bored I'm not.
 
Retirement........

My wife: What did you do today?
Me: Nothing.
My wife: That's what you did yesterday!
Me: Yeah, I wasn't finished. :emoji_sunglasses:

Enjoy your retirement my friend. I'm enjoying mine.

How funny...this is a verbatim conversation I've had with my own wife several times LOL!

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Retied at 66, in 2013.
Only regret is not going on cruises before the las 6 years. Really enjoy them.
Heading back to Hawaii in 48 days (but who's counting).
 
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Retirement........

My wife: What did you do today?
Me: Nothing.
My wife: That's what you did yesterday!
Me: Yeah, I wasn't finished. :emoji_sunglasses:

Enjoy your retirement my friend. I'm enjoying mine.
Same here. We bought a clock for the camper...has days of the week. Find myself forgetting what day it is.
RG
 
You suck I mean congrats! LOTS are posting limit perch hauls on FB. Plan is 10 more years 63 and a side gig or 3.

I stay busy with brewing, meat processing and a side hustle of restoring vintage radios and automotive electrical systems.
We would REALLY get along! That's about my dream.
 
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I'm five years in, retired at sixty in 2020 with 40 years at the gas company. I told my wife that I would work for charity but I would never work for a wage again. When I'm not Cowboy Action Shooting, I'm pittling around the yard and fixing things around the house. Same with our church. They always need something done. So I stay as busy as I want to be. We have three grand kids (5, 6 and 10) that live pretty close so we spend a lot of time with them too. Another thing that has been fun is ebike riding. It gives me more exercise than just walking the dogs twice a day.
The wife and I enjoy our morning coffee watching the local morning news and get a kick out of the morning traffic report.
 
Accepting a buyout at 60 that got me to 62 was the best thing I ever did! Retirement is great! How's the fishing?
 
100% agree, retirement is grand! We pulled the pin about 4 years ago. zero regrets
 
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January will be 9 years for me and 4 for Sheila. I have a couple of regrets about leaving unfinished work, but the project that I had been working on for the last 3 years I was there, lasted another 4 years. Couldn't see that through. I definitely didn't retire to look for work.

Now I fish for fun money. Hard to believe people pay to take them fishing...😄
 
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I would retire if the house was paid for, the kids were out of college, and health insurance wasnt so expensive. Those are just excuses though. Planning on working 3 more years full time then half time for one or two more if I can take it. Will be 62 then, out of excuses and kids will be set for life. Now if the boss pisses me off tomorrow maybe I should just quit on the spot. Let the kids fend for themselves. Wish I were more selfish.
 
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