Are you retired for good? - Page 3

chinaco · 06-23-2007, 07:10 PM

Not retired yet... in about 4 years. We will not work again after that.

Retire Soon · 06-23-2007, 10:46 PM

I retired a year ago and haven't worked one day since then. I'm having too good of a time to consider replacing my freedom with anything that resembles making a living (or making a dying as Joe Dominguez so eloquently stated in "Your Life or your Money"). If I enjoyed work, why would I have retired?

Donzo · 06-24-2007, 08:57 PM

I rarely say never- but -- NEVER! I have property and assets to sell long before I would be in such dire straights and considering w*rk.
I can't stand any type of encumbrance concerning my free time now. Having to fly to 2-3 cities every week doing BS for megacorp like I used to sounds like torture!!! I thought it was great ... once

Dreamer · 06-25-2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by becca

After being retired for six glorious years, if there was a financial disaster I would move to a trailer in the hills of West Virginia and eat dog food before going back to work.

I already live in the hills of West Virginia (it really is a beautiful state), I guess I could move from my house to a trailer and eat cat food (although the cat food I buy is approximately $31.00 per bag) instead of returning to work!

ESRBob · 06-26-2007, 10:11 AM

If it feels like 'w*rk' then it has no place in ER. If it is something fun and engaging, whether it is paid or unpaid, then I like to call it semi-retirement and think it's great. Oops, gotta go. -- model just arrived for a few hours of sculpting 'work'. You can see a few of the pieces I did with her here -- now I ask you, does that look like work?

Billy · 06-26-2007, 11:25 PM

Fabulous, Bob..! I'm in awe!

Be well,

Akaisha

califdreamer · 06-27-2007, 01:11 AM

Bob, those pieces are beautiful. I admire your talent!

Nords · 06-27-2007, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ESRBob

Oops, gotta go. -- model just arrived for a few hours of sculpting 'work'.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billy

Fabulous, Bob..! I'm in awe!

Yeah, and nice sculptures, too!

toofrugalformycat · 06-30-2007, 02:10 AM

ERed six years ago. I don't plan to work again. I do some light volunteer work now only because I can set my own hours and effort and I enjoy the email interactions.
But I went to a retirement party last week for a guy in my old office. It reminded me of how much healthier and happier I am now than I used to be when I was working, and how tired and overweight most of those still-working people appear to be. I just didn't have the time or energy to exercise enough when I was working a stressful desk job.

tiredofwork · 06-30-2007, 01:15 PM

Never say never, I guess. Just took a j*b after just over 3 months of "ER". Wasn't looking for w*rk, but this one found me and I essentially named my own price. Believe me, it's quite a shock to the system going back to a j*b. At the moment, I'm just taking it a day at a time and trying to convince myself that it is only temporary until I become "tiredofw*rk" again.

Billy · 06-30-2007, 08:36 PM

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Never say never, I guess. Just took a j*b after just over 3 months of "ER". Wasn't looking for w*rk, but this one found me and I essentially named my own price. Believe me, it's quite a shock to the system going back to a j*b. At the moment, I'm just taking it a day at a time and trying to convince myself that it is only temporary until I become "tiredofw*rk" again.

Maybe Clyatt's book Work Less, Live More would be more your style of Retirement...? Hey, there's nothing wrong with a little of both!

Be well,

Akaisha
Author, The Adventurer's Guide to Early Retirement

unclemick · 07-02-2007, 02:21 PM

Yep

Did that for a year in the 90's after being out for about two years. Back then I WAS UNEMPLOYED(BUT SECRETLY ENJOYED THE HECK OUT OF IT) - never heard of the term ER back then. Aerospace temp slang was called: jobshopper. Don't know what it's called in other occupations. The $ really helped - stayed cheap and socked away excess into dividend stocks and tax deferred - the start of my infamous two file cabinets of DRIP stocks and a 401k(Fidelity) that I finally rolled in 2006 into Target Retirement(Vanguard).

Hit one right - it can cast a long shadow - still reaping the benefits today.

Heh heh heh - Mr Market was a nice guy in the 90's.

Payin-the-Toll · 07-02-2007, 04:15 PM

Retired at 51 and am now 57. Let me be blunt--I'll kill myself before I go back to work, and will let the wife have the insurance money. Sorry, but that's the way I feel!

73ss454 · 07-02-2007, 04:27 PM

After being retired for a number of months I can't imagine going back to work. I was a nervous Nelly about not working and now I feel the same way about working.

Many of my friends that are still working can't understand what I'm thinking about not wanting to work. I now feel strongly that working is something you do to get enough money so you don't have to work. (period) There is no other reason to work IMHO.

When I first retired I was thinking about doing something part time. At this point I don't want to give up any of my time even if I have nothing to do. Doing nothing is 1000 X better than working.

Bram · 07-02-2007, 04:36 PM

It took me 4 years to get to "retired for good", but I am there now. In fact it was 4 years ago July 1, that I "retired". I was "on-call the first year & a half. Then I resigned even that status, since I had not opted to w*rk any hours for the preceding 9 months. I had kept my RN license active, but for the current re-licensure, I have changed my status to "inactive". I have no intentions of ever reactivating my nursing license, God willing & the creek doesn't rise.

Goonie · 07-02-2007, 10:02 PM

Not only never going back to w*rk, but don't even want to go back to visit where I FIRE'd from. I got a phone call today and they said my 'retirement watch' is in and I can come down and pick it up.

I told them months ago (quite bluntly) that I didn't want a watch (or anything else). So I told the lady today that if I could fit it into my schedule someday in the next year or two, that I'd 'try' to get there. They better not hold their breath, and I hope they kept their receipt!!!

**Want2retire** · 07-02-2007, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Goonie

Not only never going back to w*rk, but don't even want to go back to visit where I FIRE'd from. I got a phone call today and they said my 'retirement watch' is in and I can come down and pick it up.

I told them months ago (quite bluntly) that I didn't want a watch (or anything else). So I told the lady today that if I could fit it into my schedule someday in the next year or two, that I'd 'try' to get there. They better not hold their breath, and I hope they kept their receipt!!!

Ask her to mail it to you! You might like it once you have seen it. Besides, it's free...

JonnyM · 07-03-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Want2retire

Ask her to mail it to you! You might like it once you have seen it. Besides, it's free...

I'd give it a "just maybe". I'm and avid vintage wristwatch collector. Some of my best buys from antique fairs/flea markets are Retirement watches from the 40's thru 60's, when quality was still good in the mechanical watch era, before 2 dollar quartz movements ruined for me (with the exception of very high-end top dollar stuff that's too rich for my blood) My current main daily wearable is a nice American made gold-filled wind-up inscribed to some fellow's name with 23 years of service to his company. I'll bet his Kids couldn't wait to dump it. I paid $40, and it's perfect. Ah the mementos of the past.

But I digress. If it's mechanical, either windup or selfwinding, i.e. no silly battery, send it my way, PLEASE

06-23-2007, 07:10 PM	#41
chinaco Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,996	Not retired yet... in about 4 years. We will not work again after that. __________________ Disclaimer: I make no warranty or guarantee about the accuracy or completeness of this information. I am not a financial planner, my comments only represent my opinion.

06-24-2007, 08:57 PM	#43
Donzo Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 531	I rarely say never- but -- NEVER! I have property and assets to sell long before I would be in such dire straights and considering w*rk. I can't stand any type of encumbrance concerning my free time now. Having to fly to 2-3 cities every week doing BS for megacorp like I used to sounds like torture!!! I thought it was great ... once __________________ Freed at 49. You only live once - live it

06-26-2007, 11:25 PM	#46
Billy Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 804	Fabulous, Bob..! I'm in awe! Be well, Akaisha __________________ Self reliance builds confidence.** Retire Early Lifestyle

07-02-2007, 04:36 PM	#55
Bram Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 159	It took me 4 years to get to "retired for good", but I am there now. In fact it was 4 years ago July 1, that I "retired". I was "on-call the first year & a half. Then I resigned even that status, since I had not opted to w*rk any hours for the preceding 9 months. I had kept my RN license active, but for the current re-licensure, I have changed my status to "inactive". I have no intentions of ever reactivating my nursing license, God willing & the creek doesn't rise. __________________ . . Every step of the journey is the journey.

07-02-2007, 10:02 PM	#56
Goonie Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North Central Illinois Posts: 2,283	Not only never going back to w*rk, but don't even want to go back to visit where I FIRE'd from. I got a phone call today and they said my 'retirement watch' is in and I can come down and pick it up. I told them months ago (quite bluntly) that I didn't want a watch (or anything else). So I told the lady today that if I could fit it into my schedule someday in the next year or two, that I'd 'try' to get there. They better not hold their breath, and I hope they kept their receipt!!! __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss - Retired April 2007 @ 50 with COLA'd DB Pension plus Lifetime Medical & Dental Insurance.

06-23-2007, 10:46 PM	#42
Retire Soon Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 544	I retired a year ago and haven't worked one day since then. I'm having too good of a time to consider replacing my freedom with anything that resembles making a living (or making a dying as Joe Dominguez so eloquently stated in "Your Life or your Money"). If I enjoyed work, why would I have retired?

06-26-2007, 10:11 AM	#45
ESRBob Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,283	If it feels like 'w*rk' then it has no place in ER. If it is something fun and engaging, whether it is paid or unpaid, then I like to call it semi-retirement and think it's great. Oops, gotta go. -- model just arrived for a few hours of sculpting 'work'. You can see a few of the pieces I did with her here -- now I ask you, does that look like work?

06-27-2007, 01:11 AM	#47
califdreamer Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 430	Bob, those pieces are beautiful. I admire your talent!

06-30-2007, 02:10 AM	#49
toofrugalformycat Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Anchorage Posts: 406	ERed six years ago. I don't plan to work again. I do some light volunteer work now only because I can set my own hours and effort and I enjoy the email interactions. But I went to a retirement party last week for a guy in my old office. It reminded me of how much healthier and happier I am now than I used to be when I was working, and how tired and overweight most of those still-working people appear to be. I just didn't have the time or energy to exercise enough when I was working a stressful desk job.

06-30-2007, 01:15 PM	#50
tiredofwork Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 61	Never say never, I guess. Just took a jb after just over 3 months of "ER". Wasn't looking for wrk, but this one found me and I essentially named my own price. Believe me, it's quite a shock to the system going back to a jb. At the moment, I'm just taking it a day at a time and trying to convince myself that it is only temporary until I become "tiredofwrk" again.

07-02-2007, 02:21 PM	#52
unclemick Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: north of Kansas City Posts: 5,641	Yep Did that for a year in the 90's after being out for about two years. Back then I WAS UNEMPLOYED(BUT SECRETLY ENJOYED THE HECK OUT OF IT) - never heard of the term ER back then. Aerospace temp slang was called: jobshopper. Don't know what it's called in other occupations. The $ really helped - stayed cheap and socked away excess into dividend stocks and tax deferred - the start of my infamous two file cabinets of DRIP stocks and a 401k(Fidelity) that I finally rolled in 2006 into Target Retirement(Vanguard). Hit one right - it can cast a long shadow - still reaping the benefits today. Heh heh heh - Mr Market was a nice guy in the 90's.

07-02-2007, 04:15 PM	#53
Payin-the-Toll Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 107	Retired at 51 and am now 57. Let me be blunt--I'll kill myself before I go back to work, and will let the wife have the insurance money. Sorry, but that's the way I feel!

07-02-2007, 04:27 PM	#54
73ss454 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,878	After being retired for a number of months I can't imagine going back to work. I was a nervous Nelly about not working and now I feel the same way about working. Many of my friends that are still working can't understand what I'm thinking about not wanting to work. I now feel strongly that working is something you do to get enough money so you don't have to work. (period) There is no other reason to work IMHO. When I first retired I was thinking about doing something part time. At this point I don't want to give up any of my time even if I have nothing to do. Doing nothing is 1000 X better than working.

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