Andre1969
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I'm still w*rking, at the age of 48, and while I had been thinking 50-51 would be my retirement range, I might fall into the one more year trap. So, who knows; I might get to the point where, by the time I DO retire, it won't be all *that* early, anymore.
Anyway, I can still remember back in 2013, I was really getting fed up with my j*b, stock market was doing great, and I briefly thought about throwing in the towel. At the time, I remember a lot of people on this forum said that they'd simply answer something vague such as "consultant", "financial planner", etc when the "what do you do?" question came up and they didn't want to actually say "retired".
Well, someone asked me what I did for a living, and I lied and said "financial planner", and remembered getting a dismissive, judgemental sort of response like "Oh, so you make money for other people? I want to make money for MYSELF!"
Before I moved, I had been living next door to one of my relatives, an older lady in her 90's. I've been taking off Wednesdays now, for almost two years, and a day here and there on top of that. Every time she'd see me around the house, she'd ask me what am I doing home? She was worried that I'd gotten laid off!
Anyway, I can still remember back in 2013, I was really getting fed up with my j*b, stock market was doing great, and I briefly thought about throwing in the towel. At the time, I remember a lot of people on this forum said that they'd simply answer something vague such as "consultant", "financial planner", etc when the "what do you do?" question came up and they didn't want to actually say "retired".
Well, someone asked me what I did for a living, and I lied and said "financial planner", and remembered getting a dismissive, judgemental sort of response like "Oh, so you make money for other people? I want to make money for MYSELF!"
Before I moved, I had been living next door to one of my relatives, an older lady in her 90's. I've been taking off Wednesdays now, for almost two years, and a day here and there on top of that. Every time she'd see me around the house, she'd ask me what am I doing home? She was worried that I'd gotten laid off!