My heart's not in it

[Mulligan]

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Husband retired a year before I did. I wasn't even serious about retiring until he did and was enjoying his new life so much....coffee at a different place each morning is one example.



DH took over all the cleaning, laundry, cooking. Each evening I came home to dinner prepared and a clean house. He even packed my lunches and would bring me iced tea at work if I asked. Just guessing your wife might like that, too?



That made my last year much more bearable. It was a long year, but my responsibilities ended each day at 4PM.

I came out of retirement for summer school this year to tack on some more Roth money. One week to go...Big mistake! The damnedest thing is I did the same thing last year and swore I wouldn't do it again. It wont happen again!


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[REWahoo]

I came out of retirement for summer school this year to tack on some more Roth money. One week to go...Big mistake! The damnedest thing is I did the same thing last year and swore I wouldn't do it again. It wont happen again!

Einstein pegged it: Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein at BrainyQuote

 

[Mulligan]

Einstein pegged it: Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein at BrainyQuote

Maybe that is a bit better than senility which is what I thought I had. Its that darn "Roth" word that keeps biting me. If they would only let me fund the Roth with my pension income.


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[MRG]

My empathy. I did a single OMY, had started a second. DW begged me to join her in retirement but I didn't think I was ready.

I still recall the details of the 2 game changers. The first I wrote off to "chicken little management practices". The second crossed a line that I refused to accept. I waited almost a month till DW's birthday, that was her birthday present from me, best present ever, for both of us!

 

[travelover]

I'm in a similar situation except DW needed to work 9 years more to get a pension, with paid health care. I retired as soon as I could and have enjoyed 8 years of doing whatever I want, including making her life easier while she worked. Next year she, too, will retire.

 

[Pbkmaine]

You might let your company know super early. It could change your job enough to make it bearable. I announced I was retiring 3 months before I did, since my firm's work is mostly quarterly in nature. I spent the last quarter saying goodbye to clients and transitioning my work. Some of my clients asked if I could be available for special projects, and now I work about 5 hours a week on things I really enjoy.

 

[LoneAspen]

There won't be a second OMY for me. I was doing some financial calculations this weekend and decided that regardless of what my old company does, or this new one, I'm out next June after my 1-year vesting cliff, and moving back to Colorado.

I don't care if I have to buy a cheap mobile home in the middle of nowhere, be a hermit, and live off tins of cat food. I'm done being a cube rat and working IT jobs I hate.

 

[Viking]

DW is a teacher and has one year until pension eligible. I told her I would also work another year. Every day is torture; I have mentally checked out. It's gonna be a long year.

So change your mind. What's stopping you?

 

[LBrowning]

So change your mind. What's stopping you?

That lady over there is stopping me.

 

[Hermit]

There won't be a second OMY for me. I was doing some financial calculations this weekend and decided that regardless of what my old company does, or this new one, I'm out next June after my 1-year vesting cliff, and moving back to Colorado.

I don't care if I have to buy a cheap mobile home in the middle of nowhere, be a hermit, and live off tins of cat food. I'm done being a cube rat and working IT jobs I hate.

So what's wrong with a cheap (free to me) motor home in the middle of nowhere in the Colorado mountains? (BTW, I kind of like the Hermit lifestyle. Haven't tried any cat food, though. )

I planned on doing one more year when DS announced he would take longer to graduate from college, but after a 3-week vacation to the Colorado mountains, the first day back was enough for me. I put in the paperwork that day and was done in a month.

 

[Samz]

Study hall and lunch were my favorite classes.

When I was in Jr College, our sociology teacher warned us against attending "Student Center-U" and majoring in "Drop-ology"...but I did get lots of fun dates there before xfr-ing to a majority male engineering U!