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I'm late 50s, married, and have child with one more year at an in-state public college. Have been lurking here for a couple of years.
We're about 2 1/2 years from my full retirement eligibility, and I can't see going more than a few months past that. It's both a long way off and it isn't.
We're dealing with long commutes, levels of work responsibility we're no longer comfortable with, and living in more house than we need. Having decided on relocation outside the DC area, we're reasonably confident financially.
My questions of the day are:
1. How do you push through? I'm pretty well burnt out, and don't want to be that guy who hangs on at work past my personal sell-by date. OTOH, I've given it 35+ years of my life in various forms; they can put up with me for a couple of years.
2. Has anyone retired and restarted a career at 62 or later? I will be retiring wanting work income to allow delaying Social Security, though would like 1-2 years of non-working time for travel first. In any case, full retirement is getting less appealing to me as it gets closer.
Thanks and glad to be here!
We're about 2 1/2 years from my full retirement eligibility, and I can't see going more than a few months past that. It's both a long way off and it isn't.
We're dealing with long commutes, levels of work responsibility we're no longer comfortable with, and living in more house than we need. Having decided on relocation outside the DC area, we're reasonably confident financially.
My questions of the day are:
1. How do you push through? I'm pretty well burnt out, and don't want to be that guy who hangs on at work past my personal sell-by date. OTOH, I've given it 35+ years of my life in various forms; they can put up with me for a couple of years.
2. Has anyone retired and restarted a career at 62 or later? I will be retiring wanting work income to allow delaying Social Security, though would like 1-2 years of non-working time for travel first. In any case, full retirement is getting less appealing to me as it gets closer.
Thanks and glad to be here!