Are you retired?
I think so....finally.
When did you retire?
1. At 61 the first time, and moved to Philippines (with my DW's employment).
Took a "full-time" job 6 months later that gave me 30 holidays a year, 25 days of vacation and liberal leave without pay, enabling me to play whenever I wanted to and to travel with my wife on numerous vacations and business trips throughout Asia, Europe and North America
2. Retired again at 65, when we returned to the U.S. Took a part-time consulting position 9 months later, that "guaranteed" me 100 days of work/year (if I wanted it). Slowly worked less and less each year.
3. So far this year my only earnings were my January bonus from 10 days of work in 2020... So, I guess I'm fully retired again at 71.
All in all, I've been quite happy with this. While we didn't really need the income from my working, extra money is always useful; and the flexibility, opportunity to travel and ability to work on interesting projects generally more than made up for the occasionally unwanted responsibility, anxiety and sheer drudginess of working.
My wife, meanwhile, 8 years younger than me, retired from full time work in 2015; has been working about 100 days a year since then, and seems ready to more fully retire (unless she makes a second career out of painting) at 64!
When did you want to retire?
I might have wanted to retire a bit earlier (say mid- 50's), but my first wife passed away when I was in my early 50's and I needed to raise two kids and re-establish my life.
I think so....finally.
When did you retire?
1. At 61 the first time, and moved to Philippines (with my DW's employment).
Took a "full-time" job 6 months later that gave me 30 holidays a year, 25 days of vacation and liberal leave without pay, enabling me to play whenever I wanted to and to travel with my wife on numerous vacations and business trips throughout Asia, Europe and North America
2. Retired again at 65, when we returned to the U.S. Took a part-time consulting position 9 months later, that "guaranteed" me 100 days of work/year (if I wanted it). Slowly worked less and less each year.
3. So far this year my only earnings were my January bonus from 10 days of work in 2020... So, I guess I'm fully retired again at 71.
All in all, I've been quite happy with this. While we didn't really need the income from my working, extra money is always useful; and the flexibility, opportunity to travel and ability to work on interesting projects generally more than made up for the occasionally unwanted responsibility, anxiety and sheer drudginess of working.
My wife, meanwhile, 8 years younger than me, retired from full time work in 2015; has been working about 100 days a year since then, and seems ready to more fully retire (unless she makes a second career out of painting) at 64!
When did you want to retire?
I might have wanted to retire a bit earlier (say mid- 50's), but my first wife passed away when I was in my early 50's and I needed to raise two kids and re-establish my life.
