Joseph (Joe) Towne
Confused about dryer sheets
Hello out there in ER-land.
This is my very 1st post and hopefully not my last. I am 61 years young and hoping for an ER -- but I don't think I'm going to make it. I'll be 67 before I'm eligible to retire from my current job and I'll have a total of 50 years of Federal service:
20 years military ;
10 years defense contractor ;
20 years federal civil service when I actually retire.
I should have been able to retire early, but:
Two boys through college (majoring in beer and girls) & ;
Too many vacations ;
Too much $$$ keeping up with the "Jones's" !!!
The better-half and I now have our 1st GRANDBOY---, and he's the love of our lives. Every spare nickel goes into something for him or something we think he wants, would like to have, or for his future.
Besides "winning-the-lottery" -- How can we honestly retire early without having planned for it for years ahead of time? Though I will have several retirement incomes, I don't see where it will be enough to keep me and the Mrs going for long. What's it really like?
This is my very 1st post and hopefully not my last. I am 61 years young and hoping for an ER -- but I don't think I'm going to make it. I'll be 67 before I'm eligible to retire from my current job and I'll have a total of 50 years of Federal service:
20 years military ;
10 years defense contractor ;
20 years federal civil service when I actually retire.
I should have been able to retire early, but:
Two boys through college (majoring in beer and girls) & ;
Too many vacations ;
Too much $$$ keeping up with the "Jones's" !!!
The better-half and I now have our 1st GRANDBOY---, and he's the love of our lives. Every spare nickel goes into something for him or something we think he wants, would like to have, or for his future.
Besides "winning-the-lottery" -- How can we honestly retire early without having planned for it for years ahead of time? Though I will have several retirement incomes, I don't see where it will be enough to keep me and the Mrs going for long. What's it really like?