What kind of ER is best?

[scubamonkey]

I have had to work on a farm when I was small boy and dreamed of spare time to play. I worked through college and dreamed of time to play. Now I am two thirds throuigh this carreer (10 years to go to rule of 85 - at the age of 55) and dream of time to play. Question is - with all these years working, do I need to transition from full time work to part time - or can I go to full time play?

Based on the availible financial tools, I have will have taken care of the financial part.

I am hoping for play - but I kinda like making money now, especially since I am making more that I need.

Also, I guess the other reason I am asking is that I here that your health goes down after you quit working.

[Nords]

Originally Posted by scubamonkey

Question is - with all these years working, do I need to transition from full time work to part time - or* can I go to full time play?

Well, you could do both... take an extended vacation (at least a month) and then see how you feel about going back to work part-time.

Or you could read the (admittedly biased) posts of others on this board who, in the vast majority, have retired and had little or no trouble making the transition.

Originally Posted by scubamonkey

Also, I guess the other reason I am asking is that I here that your health goes down after you quit working.

Good grief, I hope not. I'm in the best shape of my life!

I wonder if you're hearing that from the people who need you to pay more Social Security & Medicare taxes.

You're even more responsible for your own health in ER than when working, so if you let it go then I guess your health could deteriorate after working. But I'd much rather surf & do martial arts than to have to go back to the military's concept of a healthy lifestyle.

[scubamonkey]

Thanks Nords,

You know, I have worked with two ladies that retired early. It seems that they lost a bunch of weight - and they also seem to smilin' more.

[cute fuzzy bunny]

I've been ER'ed 5 years and i'm still waiting for that 'play' part to materialize. I think its going to happen in about 19 years...

[mickeyd]

It seems that they lost a bunch of weight - and they also seem to smilin' more.

There's a lot of that going around I hear.

[Nords]

Originally Posted by Cute 'n Fuzzy Bunny

I've been ER'ed 5 years and i'm still waiting for that 'play' part to materialize.* I think its going to happen in about 19 years...

Hey, whose choice was it to replace one high-powered career with two other careers equally as difficult?

Maybe we differ over our concepts behind the ER vocabulary "just screwin' around".

[cute fuzzy bunny]

Yep, its completely self inflicted...