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03-10-2012, 08:37 AM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: grand rapids/michigan
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Retired!!!!
I retired from my govt. job on Feb. 27th, at 50 with 28 years in. The last few months I was miserable, being a ghost around the office as everyone else knew I was inconsequential. Oh well. a couple of days before I left, I was approached to work a para professional job in my field at our local career center for just 30 hours a week as they needed someone to finish out the school year. Compared to the 50-70ish hours i was working, it seems i just get there and the day is over. Pay is also inconsequential. Im having a ball, and think that this "transition" job for 3-4 months might have just been what i needed to reset.  Great to be doing a job because I WANT to, not that i NEED to!!! 
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03-10-2012, 08:42 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 62
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Retired
Congratulations, and welcome. Looks like you're on an ideal transition between hectic full time work and something not so hectic, but not quite retirement.
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03-10-2012, 08:55 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Tampa Bay Area
Posts: 1,866
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Welcome !! You are living my dream Enjoy it !
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"For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." ~
Hebrews 12:11
ER'd in June 2015 at age 52. Initial WR 3%. 50/40/10 (Equity/Bond/Short Term) AA.
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03-10-2012, 01:58 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,659
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Congratulations!
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If you understood everything I say, you'd be me ~ Miles Davis
'There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.’ Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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03-11-2012, 06:39 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: midwestern city
Posts: 4,061
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Congratulations !
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Very conservative with investments. Not ER'd yet, 48 years old. Please do not take anything I write or imply as legal, financial or medical advice directed to you. Contact your own financial advisor, healthcare provider, or attorney for financial, medical and legal advice.
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03-11-2012, 06:45 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Good for you.
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"Growing old is no excuse for growing up."
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03-18-2012, 04:29 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Great news! Something about luck being the intersection of design and desire. Seems to fit.
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"Live every day as if it were your last, and one day you'll be right" - unknown
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03-18-2012, 04:36 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
Posts: 1,202
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Congratulations!
What do you retire TO in contrast to FROM? Any plans yet?
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