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Yesterday...all my troubles seem so far away
10-01-2020, 02:55 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 244
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Yesterday...all my troubles seem so far away
A part of me never thought I would be writing this message. I joined here 14 years ago and thought about it for awhile even before that. OMY and excuses and I kept putting it off. It took a voluntary early retirement package for me to finally get the nerve to do it. In retrospect, I am not sure if I ever would have just done it on my own. I still made the decision to take the package  but somehow I needed something like that for me to leave.
I still dont know what it will be like, but I do know that today is my first day of retirement and I dont need to sit in front of a computer all day and answer emails and requests and have zoom meetings and all the other things that go on throughout the day (including after hour and weekend requests). It is almost like waking up in Willie Wonka's chocolate factory and thinking how did I get here 
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10-01-2020, 03:32 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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Congrats! And enjoy!
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10-01-2020, 03:38 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 530
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It’s the first day of the rest of your life! Congratulations!
Any plans? How will you spend your time? What’s first on your list?
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10-01-2020, 03:53 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Tampa
Posts: 11,298
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Congrats.
Time to taste all that wonderful chocolate.
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TGIM
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10-01-2020, 05:06 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 209
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Congrats and enjoy!
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10-01-2020, 05:48 AM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2020
Posts: 5
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Congratulations, now all you have to do is sit back and enjoy
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10-01-2020, 05:51 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Bloomington, MN
Posts: 1,157
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Congratulations!
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10-01-2020, 06:02 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Tellico Village
Posts: 2,622
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Welcome to the club, enjoy!!
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Retired May 13th(Friday) 2016 at age 61.
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10-01-2020, 06:56 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,657
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by firewhen
...I dont need to sit in front of a computer all day...
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Yet here you are. 
Welcome! It won't take long to get used to it. Enjoy!!!
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10-01-2020, 07:42 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: South central PA
Posts: 3,486
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Soon you will not even be able to imagine going to work. Welcome to the club!
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10-01-2020, 07:57 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
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Congratulations!
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10-01-2020, 08:06 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: S. California
Posts: 778
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Congratulations! You are in for the best chapter of your life. It took me two years to fully settle into RE, but it was STILL better than w#@rking. Now at eight years in to FIRE, I'd literally do anything I had to to avoid w#@rking for someone else again in my lifetime.
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10-01-2020, 09:52 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,532
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Congratulations! Nothing like it for me. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do.
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10-01-2020, 09:57 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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Congratulations! Retirement has been the best part of my life, and I hope and expect that the same will be true for you. 
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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10-01-2020, 09:57 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 285
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Love it
My day is 7 work days away so your note definitely hit a chord, especially as I'm sitting through a webex meeting as I type. Enjoy!!
p.s. These last few weeks at work have been excruciating to get through. Even 7 days seems distant.
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10-01-2020, 10:33 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,225
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That's great news! Congratulations! It took me about 24 hours to get used to retirement, I'm sure you'll love it.
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10-01-2020, 10:37 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 5,858
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Congratulations! Now, every day is your to do what you want! Enjoy :-)
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Give a Man a fish, he will eat for a day.
Teach a Man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime.
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10-01-2020, 01:50 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Huntsville, AL/Helen, GA
Posts: 6,002
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Don't feel bad about starting you day looking at Let's Make a Deal and Price is Right. They're such positive tv shows--not like what you were facing the same time of the day at your old place of work.
And it's okay to take a mid afternoon nap.
Now it's YOUR TIME in life. Congratulations on being able to retire early.
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10-01-2020, 02:00 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 432
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Congratulations - the first few weeks can seem surreal, and then it soon becomes normal. Today was an early fall day and I took a walk on a trail in the woods in the afternoon - the leaves were turning and weather was perfect - I hope that never gets old
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10-01-2020, 02:34 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 380
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Congrats!!!
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