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Today is my first day of retirement!
05-01-2014, 10:54 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Spring
Posts: 13
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Today is my first day of retirement!
So, yesterday I happily ended a long career in HR, mostly as a Benefits Manager. I decided to pull the plug because I just didn't like all the regulations and government monitoring taking over my field. Like I've seen others state, I began to feel my skills not keeping up, and no longer had the ambition to compete. I knew better things awaited me with retirement so close. I had begun having stress 24/7, often waking me from a dead sleep. I'm 53, and DH who is a few years older, recently retired after 29 years as a police officer. He will be working a few more years at his second govt. career to earn an additional, smaller pension. He's pretty stressed too, and has done way more than his share over the years on the home front, so I plan to pick up a lot of that for him and get him to his retirement.
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05-01-2014, 11:20 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: South central PA
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Congratulations!
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05-01-2014, 11:22 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Madison
Posts: 1,337
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It's a beautiful thing ER.
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Wild Bill shoulda taken more out of his IRA when he could have. . . .
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05-01-2014, 03:05 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 3,603
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Welcome to the pool. The water is fine in here.
-gauss
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05-01-2014, 03:14 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Spring
Posts: 13
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I'm not going to miss getting up at 4:45 and working 12 hour days. But I know there'll be an adjustment period to having control over how I spend my time and how to slow it down. I'm guessing I can dig around and find previous discussions here.
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05-01-2014, 03:19 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,065
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congrats!!! 
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05-01-2014, 03:46 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 16
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Congratulations!
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05-01-2014, 04:11 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
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Congratulations, 365 days ago was my first day. Enjoy.
MRG
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05-01-2014, 04:42 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 103
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Congrats, Dixie! Keep us posted on how the transition to the good life goes...
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Jeff
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05-01-2014, 05:05 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: .
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Good for you. I am aiming for middle of 2015 at age 53. Good luck with the adjustment.
Funny, I, too wake up due to job stress -- about 2 nights a week. I can't seem to shake it. I am hoping it disappears once I'm ER'ed.
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“We always may be what we might have been.” -- Adelaide Anne Procter
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05-01-2014, 05:09 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Madeira Beach Fl
Posts: 1,403
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Well done. I guess you understood your retirement benefits from work well enough.
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05-01-2014, 05:29 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Congratulations, you're gonna love it!
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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05-01-2014, 07:23 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 128
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Congrats! Take time and ease into your well deserved retirement.
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05-01-2014, 08:39 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Denver
Posts: 3,518
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Congratulations!
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05-02-2014, 05:46 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,089
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie19
I had begun having stress 24/7, often waking me from a dead sleep.
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Congratulations!. I am right behind you. My plan is to quit this year after we send our DS to college. I go to bed and fall asleep around 11:00PM, but I often wake up around 4:00AM. It is 5 hours of sleep most days, plus some dozing off time later while watching TV.
I also wonder, is this because of anxiety of ER anticipation, or I am simply getting older (am 58)?
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05-02-2014, 06:23 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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Welcome and congratulations. Ease in to it and let the adjustment take place at its own pace.
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05-02-2014, 06:42 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 157
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Enjoy!
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05-02-2014, 06:49 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: in the sticks
Posts: 473
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Yippie!!! You made it! Congratulations!
Did your spouse not working change your retirement date in any way? I am retired and spouse has not and I wonder what the dynamics are that others experience in that situation.
Best wishes on your new season.
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05-02-2014, 11:13 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 164
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Congrats! Were your co-workers shocked at you retiring so early?
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05-02-2014, 12:10 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,298
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Congratulations on your new job, enjoying retirement! 
Make the most of it.
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Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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