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How early is "early" on this forum?
08-12-2010, 08:50 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
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How early is "early" on this forum?
I am new here as of today (Aug. 12, 2010). Early retirement can mean different things to different people. To my parents' generation, normal retirement age usually meant their full Social Security retirement age (65), and anything before that was "early". However, I retired with a pension at age 61 and a half after 34 years with the same employer. Not sure if I belong here - it's O.K. if not; I will not be offended.
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08-12-2010, 08:55 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Early is whatever you think it is. Welcome to the forum!
(For what it's worth I only beat you to "early" retirement by three years...)
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08-12-2010, 08:59 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Welcome and congratulations!
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08-12-2010, 09:03 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Welcome! I don't think there is a definition of "early." We have the whole spectrum here. Congrats on being able to retire before full SS age.
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08-12-2010, 09:04 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Escort Rider
Not sure if I belong here - it's O.K. if not; I will not be offended.
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Welcome to the forum! About retiring early, if one gets to retirement at all, it is good. I myself have seen so many coworkers dropping dead while working, some even AT WORK.
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08-12-2010, 09:06 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I think we have some 70ish year olds here. You are still a young'n.
Welcome!
R
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08-12-2010, 09:28 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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As early as is financially feasible to do so.
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08-12-2010, 09:41 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Welcome Escort Rider.
I would vote to change the name to the "Earlier" Retirement Forum.
It more accurately captures the common thread among all the members - a goal to leave w*rk earlier than we would if we just coasted to 65 or some other arbitrary age.
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08-12-2010, 09:53 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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In my case my husband and I both still work, he has a regular job and we both work on a small family owned business.
I post here because I am interested in financial independence, which for me means working if I want to but not because I have to work.
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08-12-2010, 09:54 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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It's a state of mind. I ESRd at age 61 and am 5-10 years ahead of most of my colleagues, many of whom will work til they can't.
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ESR'd March 2010. FIRE'd January 2011.
As if you didn't know..If the above message contains medical content, it's NOT intended as advice, and may not be accurate, applicable or sufficient. Don't rely on it for any purpose. Consult your own doctor for all medical advice.
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08-12-2010, 10:18 PM
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Last year I retired at age 61 and a half with a pension, just like you. To me that is early. It's earlier than 65, anyway.
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Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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08-12-2010, 10:20 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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If I can retire before I die....
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08-12-2010, 10:37 PM
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Maybe the "Early-As-We-Can Retirement Forum".
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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08-12-2010, 11:05 PM
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Even for a non-napper, early retirement would be, um, six p.m.
I failed miserably to convert a recent houseguest; worked on it for two weeks, but she still believes anything before age 80 would be outrageously early.
Escort Rider, you left the w*rkforce a couple of months earlier than I did and I'm still not old enough to get some of the better senior discounts. Welcome to the forum.
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08-13-2010, 12:30 AM
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My dad retired at 63. My mom retired at 55 (on disability; she died 4 years later ). I retired in 2008 at age 45. It's all relative.
If I absolutely HAD to define ER, I would define it before age 62 when someone needs an income stream other than SS. ER due to disability (my mom's terminal condition) is not something anyone should strive for.
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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08-13-2010, 05:23 AM
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gone traveling
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Early Retirement, along with your perception of "youth", is independent of the number of times this old earth has rotated around Sol.
I retired at age 59. Was that ER? In my case, yes; I compared myself to those around me.
I'm currently 62. Is that old? In my case, yes ...
"GET OFF THE GRASS" (darn kids...)
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08-13-2010, 06:50 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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As others have said, it is a mind set. not an chronological age.
Stick around, I think you'll find the conversation here is relevant to your life. If not, then you have your answer.
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08-13-2010, 08:01 AM
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To me, early is before I get too feeble decrepit to enjoy life without w*rk interfering with when I want to play.
Or as I said to a Dr. during an exam five years ago, I want to retire healthy. He said, avoid doctors.
Retired at exactly 59.5 It has been slightly over 4 years.
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08-13-2010, 08:44 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Ugh, how sad.....
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08-13-2010, 09:04 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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That is sad but true. That is why its called making a dying!
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