Class of 2015

My boss just sent an email that makes me want to give notice tomorrow, LOL.

He wants to use our next team all-hands meeting this coming Friday to present our projects. To ourselves.

:confused:

Just another example of a typical "manager" (he's certainly not a leader, and not even a good manager) trying to make it look like he's doing something to justify a paycheck. Why do we need to waste all the prep time putting slides together, and an hour of presentations, telling each other what we do? I already know what I do, and I'm not involved in the other groups' projects at all (and the way our business is structured, have no need to be) so I don't care.

*sigh* Just another useless meeting in corporate America. If I were a bit closer to being fully vested, I would have left by now. I can't wait to give notice. I already have my resignation letter ready to print out and hand in.
 
Am convinced Power Point lowers life expectancy. Ok, maybe a bit dramatic. It sure does waste time though.
 
Less than a year to go for me ! I'm ready NOW but I worry about the market tumbling and then me panicking. Of course those same risks will exist in a year, but at least I don't have to think about it at the moment.:blush:
 
In the extended endgame now myself. I had always assumed I would exit right around my 55th birthday in mid-2015, but there's a big error bar. On the short side, work is scarce and a RIF could come as soon as this summer. On the long side with the recent announcement of the Boeing Pension Freeze on 12/31/15 I may just try to hold out long enough to max that out. So I guess I have OMY (+- 9 months).
 
Count me in! If I can survive another year, I'll be in the class of 2015 --perhaps July 2015. Will be 43 by then, single no kids. No mortgage or debt. My "number" is around $3M, plus a small pension that will kick in after 65, plus SS. I want to quit my job NOW and just pack up my stuff and travel! But I am waiting to see --have 2 possible job offers that may send me overseas which I'll enjoy. So I'm sticking around to find out. If nothing great comes along, I'll be joining the rest of you by July 2015!

1. Ikubak - April 2015- age 52
2. LoneAspen - Feb 2015- age 48
3. Neihn - Dec 2015-
4. Fourchristians - June 2015
5. ABQ2015 - March 2015- 59
6. Live and Learn - March 2015- 52
7. DanD76 - June 2015
8. Utrecht - Jan 2015 - Age 50
9. haloFIRE - August 14, 2015 - age 47
10. Phil1ben - June 1, 2015 - age 55
11. SonnyJim - January 1. 2015 - age 48
12. Theseus - July 2015 - age 59 (moved up to 2014 - congrats )
13.
14. biker4life - July 2015 - age 45
15. Options - January 2015 - 59.5
16. Al - June 2015 - age 52
17. Siamond - July 2015 - age 53
18. Shabby - January 2015 - age 48
19. jcretire77 - April 2015 - age 55
20. Fermion - Oct 2015 - age 45
21. BrianB - January 2015 - age 56
22. RobLJ - May thru August - age
23. FreqFlyer - Feb 2015 - age 43
24. Hiker88 - August 2015 - age 55
25. Enjoylife133 - December 2015 - age 60
26. Jpearl - July 2915 - age 43
 
Hoping for April 2015 at exactly age 63.5.

Will have to work PT though, but that means an average of 1.25 day/wk and providing supervision (minimal work for me) of 3 nurse practitioners.
 
My plan since 1999 has been to retire when my youngest graduates from HS -
June 17, 2015. House in New England goes bye bye after one more winter.
Rent something in AZ, travel, volunteer, fiddle with cars and spend time with DW.

2015 Year of the Sheep (for what it's worth)
 
1. Ikubak - April 2015- age 52
2. LoneAspen - Feb 2015- age 48
3. Neihn - Dec 2015-
4. Fourchristians - June 2015
5. ABQ2015 - March 2015- 59
6. Live and Learn - March 2015- 52
7. DanD76 - June 2015
8. Utrecht - Jan 2015 - Age 50
9. haloFIRE - August 14, 2015 - age 47
10. Phil1ben - June 1, 2015 - age 55
11. SonnyJim - January 1. 2015 - age 48
12. Theseus - July 2015 - age 59 (moved up to 2014 - congrats )
13.
14. biker4life - July 2015 - age 45
15. Options - January 2015 - 59.5
16. Al - June 2015 - age 52
17. Siamond - July 2015 - age 53
18. Shabby - January 2015 - age 48
19. jcretire77 - April 2015 - age 55
20. Fermion - Oct 2015 - age 45
21. BrianB - January 2015 - age 56
22. RobLJ - May thru August - age
23. FreqFlyer - Feb 2015 - age 43
24. Hiker88 - August 2015 - age 55
25. Enjoylife133 - December 2015 - age 60
26. Jpearl - July 2915 - age 43
27. iac1003 - April 2015 age 63.5
28. kern44 - June 2015
29. Fedup - Dec 2015 age 55
 
1. Ikubak - April 2015- age 52
2. LoneAspen - Feb 2015- age 48
3. Neihn - Dec 2015-
4. Fourchristians - June 2015
5. ABQ2015 - March 2015- 59
6. Live and Learn - March 2015- 52
7. DanD76 - June 2015
8. Utrecht - Jan 2015 - Age 50
9. haloFIRE - August 14, 2015 - age 47
10. Phil1ben - June 1, 2015 - age 55
11. SonnyJim - January 1. 2015 - age 48
12. Theseus - July 2015 - age 59 (moved up to 2014 - congrats )
13.
14. biker4life - July 2015 - age 45
15. Options - January 2015 - 59.5
16. Al - June 2015 - age 52
17. Siamond - July 2015 - age 53
18. Shabby - January 2015 - age 48
19. jcretire77 - April 2015 - age 55
20. Fermion - Oct 2015 - age 45
21. BrianB - January 2015 - age 56
22. RobLJ - May thru August - age
23. FreqFlyer - Feb 2015 - age 43
24. Hiker88 - August 2015 - age 55
25. Enjoylife133 - December 2015 - age 60
26. Jpearl - July 2915 - age 43
27. iac1003 - April 2015 age 63.5
28. kern44 - June 2015
29. Fedup - Dec 2015 age 55
30. Mo Money - April 2015 age 53
 
This morning (I'm off work on a Monday!) I decided to clean up my computer desktop. I opened a folder that is work related (document templates, online license renewals, etc.). Found a document titled: retirement.xlsx which I created in Feb 2010. I so wanted to quit back then that I actually counted the days of work left with a target retirement date of 4/1/15. I had totally forgotten about that, and the target retirement date too. I'm now planning to retire 3/1/2015. When I created it I had an estimated 1930 days of work left! Ugh! Now I'm down to less than 200 days--going part time later this year.:dance:
 
EastWest Gal said:
This morning (I'm off work on a Monday!) I decided to clean up my computer desktop. I opened a folder that is work related (document templates, online license renewals, etc.). Found a document titled: retirement.xlsx which I created in Feb 2010. I so wanted to quit back then that I actually counted the days of work left with a target retirement date of 4/1/15. I had totally forgotten about that, and the target retirement date too. I'm now planning to retire 3/1/2015. When I created it I had an estimated 1930 days of work left! Ugh! Now I'm down to less than 200 days--going part time later this year.:dance:
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I do almost the same thing. On Fridays, I cross off each week on a custom calendar I printed out. Nice to see progress as I get closer toward February 2015. However, I'm now considering staying until March only because that's the next ESPP payout, which I think I would lose if I didn't stay to the purchase date. But, it would only amount to a few thousand after-tax dollars, so if I'm absolutely sick of the place and the people, I'll just go ahead and quit in February when I fully vest. Leaving a few thousand on the table doesn't bother me that much.
 
Adding my name to the 2015 list (and a couple others that didn't add themselves. I also cleaned up the #13 slot that no one claimed.

1. Ikubak - April 2015- age 52
2. LoneAspen - Feb 2015- age 48
3. Neihn - Dec 2015-
4. Fourchristians - June 2015
5. ABQ2015 - March 2015- 59
6. Live and Learn - March 2015- 52
7. DanD76 - June 2015
8. Utrecht - Jan 2015 - Age 50
9. haloFIRE - August 14, 2015 - age 47
10. Phil1ben - June 1, 2015 - age 55
11. SonnyJim - January 1. 2015 - age 48
12. Theseus - July 2015 - age 59 (moved up to 2014 - congrats )
13. biker4life - July 2015 - age 45
14. Options - January 2015 - 59.5
15. Al - June 2015 - age 52
16. Siamond - July 2015 - age 53
17. Shabby - January 2015 - age 48
18. jcretire77 - April 2015 - age 55
19. Fermion - Oct 2015 - age 45
20. BrianB - January 2015 - age 56
21. RobLJ - May thru August - age
22. FreqFlyer - Feb 2015 - age 43
23. Hiker88 - August 2015 - age 55
24. Enjoylife133 - December 2015 - age 60
25. Jpearl - July 2915 - age 43
26. iac1003 - April 2015 age 63.5
27. kern44 - June 2015
28. Fedup - Dec 2015 age 55
29. Mo Money - April 2015 age 53
30. EastWestGal - March 2015
31. Aus_E_Expat- April 2015, age 56
32. rodi - April 2015, age 53

DH and I finally agreed on a date. Firecalc says we're good to go now - but not enough left over for some of our fun activities we want. My new date lets me achieve a few goals. 20 years with my employer (albeit due to mergers/acquisitions/spin offs/splits/etc I'm on my 5th or 6th payroll name.) That happens next January. And April will get me the 2014 bonus.

Plan is to skip a summer vacation this year and blow the wad next year - spend the entire summer in Europe slow travelling. (We still have school age kids - so we're limited to summer.)

DH retired this year (2014) at age 62. He's thoroughly adjusted to his new lifestyle. I'm in OMY just to fund some extra padding into our travel/play budget.
 
1. Ikubak - April 2015- age 52

2. LoneAspen - Feb 2015- age 48

3. Neihn - Dec 2015-

4. Fourchristians - June 2015

5. ABQ2015 - March 2015- 59

6. Live and Learn - March 2015- 52

7. DanD76 - June 2015

8. Utrecht - Jan 2015 - Age 50

9. haloFIRE - August 14, 2015 - age 47

10. Phil1ben - June 1, 2015 - age 55

11. SonnyJim - January 1. 2015 - age 48

12. Theseus - July 2015 - age 59 (moved up to 2014 - congrats )

13. biker4life - July 2015 - age 45

14. Options - January 2015 - 59.5

15. Al - June 2015 - age 52

16. Siamond - July 2015 - age 53

17. Shabby - January 2015 - age 48

18. jcretire77 - April 2015 - age 55

19. Fermion - Oct 2015 - age 45

20. BrianB - January 2015 - age 56

21. RobLJ - May thru August - age

22. FreqFlyer - Feb 2015 - age 43

23. Hiker88 - August 2015 - age 55

24. Enjoylife133 - December 2015 - age 60

25. Jpearl - July 2915 - age 43

26. iac1003 - April 2015 age 63.5

27. kern44 - June 2015

28. Fedup - Dec 2015 age 55

29. Mo Money - April 2015 age 53

30. EastWestGal - March 2015

31. Aus_E_Expat- April 2015, age 56

32. rodi - April 2015, age 53

33 vireo- October 2015. Age 60


Time for the next third of life!
 
OK people, time to start thinking about what you are going to do the first month or two of retirement. We are getting close to escaping the drudgery. Maybe this is how an inmate feels when their sentence is coming to an end. Some of us have less than 250 days to go. Personally I have 325 days to go. I might work one extra month; not for the money, but for the opportunity to buy some season tickets. It's one of the small perks of my job.

So what is the first trip or adventure you are going to make when you RE? DW asked me that and I said, "camping for a week on my favorite island." She said, "But you know I don't like camping." I said, "That's OK, you aren't going with me." She knows a week with no phone, no internet, no people (very few people on this 17 mile long coastal island), is my kind of thing. That is one of the things I will do to decompress. How about you?
 
ikubak said:
So what is the first trip or adventure you are going to make when you RE?
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I have been wanting to go back and visit Europe ever since my last trip to London way back in 1998, when I went for two weeks on a combo business/vacation trip. In fact, that was the last "real" vacation I had. Everything since then has just been long weekends, or days off here and there.

I never had the time or money to do a "real" trip back to Europe because I always had a job, boss, and work hanging over me. And to me, a trip overseas isn't worth it unless it's at least two weeks, but taking two weeks off just means I have that much more work that piles up, so even though I'm on vacation, I would dread coming back to the mess that built up in the meantime.

So...after I quit, one of the first things I'm going to do is really treat myself. I want to buy a first-class ticket over to London, first-class BritRail and EuroRail passes, and just go wherever, and do whatever, strikes my fancy once I'm over there. No itinerary, no schedule. And I want to stay for at least three or four weeks.

I want to go back to Scotland, see more of the countryside, and visit Edinburgh again. Stay at the Balmoral hotel maybe (I stayed there in 1998 during a trip to Edinburgh).

I want to go back to London, do all the touristy stuff I missed before. See some West End plays (I saw Lion King there before, I loved that).

Maybe travel the continent. Maybe go to Italy or Ireland. Basically, whatever I want to do for about a month. And no coming back home to a job, or a boss, or projects.

I basically want to be Rick Steves for a month in Europe, and damn the cost. I've put it off long enough, and I owe it to myself to go.
 
1. Ikubak - April 2015- age 52

2. LoneAspen - Feb 2015- age 48

3. Neihn - Dec 2015-

4. Fourchristians - June 2015

5. ABQ2015 - March 2015- 59

6. Live and Learn - March 2015- 52

7. DanD76 - June 2015

8. Utrecht - Jan 2015 - Age 50

9. haloFIRE - August 14, 2015 - age 47

10. Phil1ben - June 1, 2015 - age 55

11. SonnyJim - January 1. 2015 - age 48

12. Theseus - July 2015 - age 59 (moved up to 2014 - congrats )

13. biker4life - July 2015 - age 45

14. Options - January 2015 - 59.5

15. Al - June 2015 - age 52

16. Siamond - July 2015 - age 53

17. Shabby - January 2015 - age 48

18. jcretire77 - April 2015 - age 55

19. Fermion - Oct 2015 - age 45

20. BrianB - January 2015 - age 56

21. RobLJ - May thru August - age

22. FreqFlyer - Feb 2015 - age 43

23. Hiker88 - August 2015 - age 55

24. Enjoylife133 - December 2015 - age 60

25. Jpearl - July 2915 - age 43

26. iac1003 - April 2015 age 63.5

27. kern44 - June 2015

28. Fedup - Dec 2015 age 55

29. Mo Money - April 2015 age 53

30. EastWestGal - March 2015

31. Aus_E_Expat- April 2015, age 56

32. rodi - April 2015, age 53

33. vireo- October 2015. Age 60

34. Travelwanted - June 2015, Age 43
 
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