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Had one egg, one piece of toast, half a strip of bacon, and coffee. Picked up the last minor part I needed to finish replacing 4 MacPherson struts (a big job for a retired person). Invited some people to lunch tomorrow (unfortunately, they still work, so we have to go during cram-time)...

Current Age: 59 Retirement Age: 56 Years working: 34 Pension: no Saved 20% during career.

By 57, I had worked myself into a 4-day week, but I was still stressed, and hated it. You're still young enough that you can quit working, and just call it a "Sabbatical" if you wish. You can probably expect pressure from some of your friends and family, as some of them might be jealous of your...

I'm Back Had some trouble with Windows XP and decided to install the Windows 7 I bought over a year ago. Installation was smooth, but I've been re-installing stuff for a week or so. I am finishing up the new autobiography of Mark Twain, which he wrote 100 years ago, but was just published...

Worked on web page for 14 hours. I don't mind overtime, since I impose it on myself.

Gin and Tonic.

Not for (literally) 21 years. :angel:

You are doing great! Keep looking, you will find them.

I would have killed my grandma for that very same Honda 50 when I was 14:). Today I replaced my leaking 37-year-old floor jack with a new one. This purchase will pay out on the next oil change. Note the cool-but-simple-funny-looking removable extension that increases the lift height to 21".

This is very interesting, and actually a little humorous, especially the part about the "dream basement.":) In addition to my current lack of desire for travel, I also live in what I thought for years was a "boring" town. When working, I dreamed of the day I would leave here. Now, I'm not so...

Luck: Having parents who believed in reading, education, and frugality Hard Work: Saving 20%+ our whole lives

5 years expenses in cash/MM (due to no pension, and it's 5 years to 62).

This I am learning. I hereby resolve that I shall take no trips in order to simply have something to say to my working friends when they ask where I have traveled recently.:angel:

You Hit It I think you hit the nail on the head. I have not been retired long enough to not care about what may be expected of me.

Cancer Changes Minds Having a heart attack and cancer in your 50's will take all the steam out of your nifty ideas of working 'till 70.