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08-12-2019, 05:58 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 117
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I retired June 28th! What's today? Oh right, it's Monday.
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08-12-2019, 06:07 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 943
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I volunteer on Monday mornings, and I 5% complain about that
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FIREd at 59.5 on 2019-01-18
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08-12-2019, 06:10 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 13,202
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I'm a little numbed to the Sunday effect after 8 years, but I still like seeing most resort guests packing up to go back to work, and leave the resort quieter for the few of us full-timers up here. I'm away from most of the resort action but the house next door is now on the rental program and usually guests leave late Sunday morning, which is nice. Yes, I still look forward to Sunday afternoons and evenings.
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08-12-2019, 06:19 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 81
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuckanut
+1
And as a former teacher I can say with 100% honesty, how wonderful it is to see all the Back To School signs and sales and not care one little bit.
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I just saw a FB post from a current teacher, “the entire month of August is like Sunday night to teachers”. (It’s now Monday morning and I’m lounging around drinking coffee and reading)
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08-12-2019, 06:19 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 11,701
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Quote:
Originally Posted by footenote
What I hated worst about Sundays was travel.
On average about once per month, I had to fly out to be somewhere Monday morning. (I know many have / had much heavier travel schedules!)
Every Sunday afternoon / evening I don't spend in an airport is heavenly.
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My blood pressure just went up a bit reading this. I didn't travel much, but when I did, it was to ruin a Sunday so we could have an early start on Monday.
In my later years, email catchup was expected on Sunday. This way, you could do "real work" on Monday.
Oh it is nice to be free.
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08-12-2019, 06:25 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,305
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeWras
Oh it is nice to be free.
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Exactly....and I never knew how not free I was until ER
love all these comments
enjoy your Monday morning!
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08-12-2019, 06:40 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 1,510
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Yesterday evening (Sunday), I was able to take advantage of the sinking sun and the subsiding temperatures to put in some work on getting my winter vegetable garden ready. Again, this would never have happened while I was working. Sunday evenings were for pulling together preparations for Monday morning!
**PS - I didn't watch 60 minutes, but I have been struck at how many on this forum heard that ticking clock as the guillotine to the weekend.
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July 12, 2018. On safari to stay!
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08-12-2019, 06:43 AM
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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: 21,204
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+2. It took me a while to NOT be a little anxious on Sunday nights. It was sort of automatic, subconscious even when there was nothing particularly pressing about the Monday or week ahead. I’d forgotten that, thanks for the pleasant reminder.
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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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08-12-2019, 06:47 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 3,054
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Quote:
Originally Posted by candrew
That ticking clock Sunday nights on 60 Minutes no longer sounds like a countdown to me.
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That clock would inspire dread in me. NO MORE!!
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08-12-2019, 06:53 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,305
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Yep. Didn't matter what was on schedule for the week. Trying to remember if Sunday nights were more gut wrenching than Monday mornings. Close call.
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08-12-2019, 07:15 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 315
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I have a friend who calls retirement, "the Friday night of life," when every night we go to bed and the next day is Saturday!
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08-12-2019, 07:49 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Crownsville
Posts: 3,709
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I can actually relate to that, a bit. I'm not a teacher, and the concept of "summer vacation" really hasn't meant much to me since I graduated college and started w*rking full time. But, I still get a bit excited in the spring when the days get longer and warmer, and by mid-May, which is when final exams usually were during college, some of those old feelings of excitement and freedom would stir up a bit.
I think my concept of time is a bit warped, though. For some reason, to me the part that feels like "Summer" is maybe late May through perhaps the first two weekends in July. There's Independence Day, and then a big classic car show I always go to that's usually the second weekend in July. But then, the rest of July and August, just seem to go by in a blur...even though that's still roughly half of what you'd consider "summer vacation" by college standards, and about 2/3 of it, by elementary/high school standards!
When I retire, I'm really looking forward to the whole "Sunday blah" thing to be done with, but I wonder if the whole "Summer vacation" mentality will ever go away. When you're retired, the whole year should feel like Summer vacation! But, I think the whole idea of the seasons changing, weather getting cooler, daylight getting shorter, etc will always keep that particular rhythm with me. Plus, now I have a new routine that sort of ends the "summer vacation" vibe...closing up the pool in the off season.
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08-12-2019, 08:01 AM
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#33
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gone traveling
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 1,156
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I still work, but still enjoy Sunday nights...usually having pizza with the family while drinking a beer, or two (with frosted mug), and watching football. I guess I don't get anxious about my job, so it isn't so bad.
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08-12-2019, 08:02 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,525
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The Sunday blues, that bottomless sadness experienced by many is exactly what drove me to ER 17 years ago. I absolutely hated that feeling and sure enough ER was the cure.
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08-12-2019, 08:05 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Beaverton
Posts: 1,382
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Oh, I have taken full advantage of Sunday night which used to be a nightmare for me. Talk about "High Anxiety"!
Last night met a buddy that was in town. I still have the reaction of "not on Sunday" then I come to my senses. Took our time with dinner and beer. It was so nice.
The other part is weekday get together's. Tonight we're having a dinner party. Four out of six are retired or not working. Starting a bit early due to those having to work the next day. Once a quarter three of us couples get together and have a late night outing. We have a ball not worrying about going to work the next day.
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08-12-2019, 08:06 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 725
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Quote:
Originally Posted by footenote
What I hated worst about Sundays was travel.
On average about once per month, I had to fly out to be somewhere Monday morning. (I know many have / had much heavier travel schedules!)
Every Sunday afternoon / evening I don't spend in an airport is heavenly.
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This was it for me. I traveled a ton at the end of my career and got so sick of Sunday or Monday morning flights. I can't even describe the relief of not having to do that anymore.
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08-12-2019, 08:08 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 1,019
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jim584672
That clock would inspire dread in me. NO MORE!!
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It took me a couple years to get over the dread of the 60 Minutes Clock. Now it just reminds me that the next day I can do yard work without a lot of distractions from neighbors or go to a big box store without dealing with parents who think it's cute to let their kid push the shopping cart around a crowded store.
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08-12-2019, 08:52 AM
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#38
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North
Posts: 4,031
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Beyond the fact I'm underpaid, and underappreciated It's not too bad. I never really have to think too hard about monday's (for now). There have been weeks though.
I feel since I am fairly comfortable (4yrs) at gig and job, not much can surprise me. Sure things change but not that much really, for better or worse.
I feel I am a cog in a large wheel, but hey I have lunch, some challenges to solve, and my kids busy learning while I produce what needs to be done to get them the best lives they can have.
Terrible word, that four letter w*rk! I will unfortunately have to spend around 60% of the next 12 years showing up and paying into SSI.
2688 more w*rkdays but whose counting.
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08-12-2019, 08:52 AM
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#39
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,232
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I'm 3 years and a few months into this retirement gig. I have had a place on a lake for 15 years, which is now my home. Back in my w*rking life I would start thinking about heading home sometime during the mid-afternoon on Sunday. Now I watch the sun set on the lake, watch the boats cruising around, many heading for their slips so the owners can head back for the w*rk week...I sigh a big "ahhhhh".
Just last night I was appreciating my good fortune, as I sipped a cold G&T.
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08-12-2019, 08:52 AM
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#40
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,653
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Willers
This was it for me. I traveled a ton at the end of my career and got so sick of Sunday or Monday morning flights. I can't even describe the relief of not having to do that anymore.
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Same here; last 2-3 years was almost 100% travel. Lived in Maryland and all my work was in the Midwest and Europe. Never tired of what the job was but the travel just killed it. Also one of the reasons we travel very little in retirement.
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