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Originally Posted by Geoffrey
This is a topic I can relate to. Had I stuck to my original plan I would have been retired 2 years ago. However, I just couldn't resist "adding a little more" to my nest egg. My current plan is to retire next July when my eldest daughter finishes high school. I'm beginning to believe that I will ALWAYS discover a "perfectly sensible" reason for working "one more year." Perhaps I need to just stop listening to reason and start listening to my heart -- which says its time to quit. Bottom Line: I know how difficult it is walk away from a steady pay check . . . I'm bracing for that last day now, but I know I'll think of a dozen good reasons to put in a little more time. I hope I ignore all of them.
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It's like that line in the Godfather. " every time I try to get out they pull me back in" I'm 54 and my wife is 55 We've been married for 34 years. We had two children our son when we were 21 and our daughter at 23. We Paid for college, We paid for the big wedding, we paid our house off and loaded up the IRA's and 401ks and were "this Close" to getting the 10 years back that when our friends were out partying in their 20's were were raising our family and then (and this is not a bad thing) my daughter has told us that we are going to be grand parents something that we've been looking forward to very much. So we will postpone retirement for just one more year and stay close to our daughter and when he's born in February our new grandson.
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