Class of 2019
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Big_Hitter
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congrats man - I started my mega pension March 1 but I'm still at a desk.....
does that count?
World Traveler
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This was my quote from 2015 in the class of 2019
I'm also in the 2019 class and plan on punching at 55 but like some of you I'm crunching the numbers to see if I can go early. Once you have FI it's nice to know you can pull the RE trigger at anytime.
Pulled the trigger in 2016. Sitting under the awning of my RV in San Diego. Spent three weeks in Jan in Australia/New Zealand. Chillaxing is Real. Glad to see you upped your date.
May 31 here.
Informal discussions two weeks ago with my direct supervisor and yesterday with retirement HR team so they can start running my retirement benefits binder.
Final decision will be made by 3/31. Then I get to spend a few days/weeks with top leadership trying to talk me into staying. Give me strength to hold firm!
Informal discussions two weeks ago with my direct supervisor and yesterday with retirement HR team so they can start running my retirement benefits binder.
Final decision will be made by 3/31. Then I get to spend a few days/weeks with top leadership trying to talk me into staying. Give me strength to hold firm!
Montecfo
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"Retirement benefits binder"? What's that?
The only sweetener I have for my retirement date is getting insurance till end of month. And maxing my 401k but that is all me anyway.
But those retirement benefits are good to have I am sure.
"Retirement benefits binder"? What's that?
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It will be a thin binder, I'm sure.
ugeauxgirl
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Congrats y'all!
cantfindmyglasses
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Graduation Day is here!
Where are the Class of 19 t-shirts? Retired from 35 year career at 4pm today, and was hitting tennis balls against a machine by 4:45pm. From here, schedule is fairly full with 2 side gigs: tour directing/guiding and tennis officiating (anyone need help with DC or NYC plans?).
How long does it take to wrap your head around the fact that there is no more work email Inbox?
Where are the Class of 19 t-shirts
? Retired from 35 year career at 4pm today, and was hitting tennis balls against a machine by 4:45pm. From here, schedule is fairly full with 2 side gigs: tour directing/guiding and tennis officiating (anyone need help with DC or NYC plans?). How long does it take to wrap your head around the fact that there is no more work email Inbox?
Montecfo
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Hey nice. Are you doing anything in particular to celebrate?April 1, 2019 I will be officially retired! So happy to join the class! I have been reading, dreaming and preparing for years. Thanks to all on the site for all the info and encouragement.
I don't have a big celebration planned. A bottle of bubbly with friends at dinner. I plan to take the first month to relax and explore what my new life can be like. Beach walks in the morning and kayak trips whenever I want. Many other ideas but I don't want to over schedule for a while. After 37 years of working, I'm looking forward to some free time.
targatom2019
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Double digit finally!!!
ugeauxgirl
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Congratulations to you. I'm envious.
Have 312 on my calendar. Had a conference call with the retirement department the other day and they suggested pushing it back a week and I nearly growled.
Lawrencewendall
Full time employment: Posting here.
Told management last month of my resignation and they were totally supportive. Today, I told about 20-25 co-workers that I interact with of the news. I chose today to tell them as it is my 36th anniversary of joining the Army (who's the fool? ) Their responses have been overwhelming with support and thanks. This environment makes it especially hard to walk away from the crew.
) Their responses have been overwhelming with support and thanks. This environment makes it especially hard to walk away from the crew. That was my post back in February 2014. Five years later, I'm still on track to pull the trigger later in 2019, and DW already left her job last year. Lots of life changes during the last couple of years increased our financial requirements (we moved to HCOL area), but we can still make it work. Now I'm working on picking the date and making final transition plans. Feeling great.
Best of luck as y'all navigate the last few months!
Downtown
It is looking increasingly like I won't make it to 2020. We signed papers on a home in a retirement community, and will likely be able to move in sometime this fall. That'll surely earn me a pink slip from megacorp - and I'll breathe a sigh of relief. Money will be a little tight, but nothing we can't overcome.
So I guess that makes me part of the Class of 2019.
Montecfo
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I am definitely, officially class of 2019, having given notice this week. Last day is May 23rd. Woo hoo!
Latest plan: Out of town conference the week of 29 April-3 May. When I return I will be asking for 4X8's for a 32 hour work week. Right now I am doing 36-44 every two weeks with every other Friday off. The Boss used to be good about "doing the work" vice "watching the clock". That has changed recently. Just built dream house and want to roll up original 1st along with two 0% credit cards and a equity loan on townhouse and have only one mortgage payment. Closing that on Tuesday. House will have a 550K against a 700K value (with 100K going into my taxable account). 4% so I will carry that for the full term. Military pension easily covers it. Looking for the glide slop to full ER. Probably dip under 30/wk sometime in early 2020(my 55 year) then fully ER in late 2020 or 2021. All depends on how the emotions go. Financially we are already FI. With that being said I will now identify with the class of 2020.
Finance Dave
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FIRE'd
So I finally FIRE'd 1/1/19!
57 years young, and so far loving every minute of it. A few observations thus far....some good and some not so good.
Good
1) I am sleeping more...I sleep about 5-6 hours, wake up, then go back to sleep for another 1-2 hours...nice!
2) I've started going to a fitness club...2x/week for now and trying to advance that to 3x/week. I also put down some mats in a room at home and I'm doing light stretching 3x/week to keep my arthritis at bay.
3) We started using "Home Chef" packaged meal deliveries...it's working pretty well and making it easier to plan meals (see below)
4) I've been able to put a sizable dent in my "to do" list. I bet I've completed at least 10 projects that I've put off for years! Most of these are fun things...for example I'm a hobbyist woodworker so I installed a new dust collection system to make my woodworking more enjoyable and less dusty.
5) Our vacation itinerary is filling up...we have 7 vacations this year, two of which we already completed. We go to Ireland in June....that's the big one.
and the very best one....
6) It used to be that 80% of my waking time was spent wor*ing, and the other 20% playing. That has reversed itself. I still have rental properties so occasionally have to do things with those...but I'm doing so many fun things now that it's almost blissful!
Not so good
1) I'm lounging around and not getting any clothes on until about 10 AM...I've allowed myself 1 year to adjust but I don't want to be a "couch potato" long term
2) I've gained about 12 pounds...OUCH!
3) I can't do things during the week with my friends because they are all still wor*ing. And they don't want to go out at night because they have to wor* the next day! LOL
We did take out about $15k from DW's TIRA recently...first time we've taken money OUT...I must admit it was a bit odd...looking at the balance and realizing it may never be that large again (although we hope to earn more than $15k in gains before we take out another chunk). Had to take out of DW's TIRA instead of mine because she is over 59 1/2 and I did not want to use SEPP.
I'll give some credit to this board for all the info, enthusiasm, and motivation. Sorry I'm not a frequent poster, but I'll try to get on a bit more.
Gotta go....I want to do some woodworking, then drive around in my restored musclecar, then go out for a craft beer with my DW!
WOoo Hooooo!
So I finally FIRE'd 1/1/19!
57 years young, and so far loving every minute of it. A few observations thus far....some good and some not so good.
Good
1) I am sleeping more...I sleep about 5-6 hours, wake up, then go back to sleep for another 1-2 hours...nice!
2) I've started going to a fitness club...2x/week for now and trying to advance that to 3x/week. I also put down some mats in a room at home and I'm doing light stretching 3x/week to keep my arthritis at bay.
3) We started using "Home Chef" packaged meal deliveries...it's working pretty well and making it easier to plan meals (see below)
4) I've been able to put a sizable dent in my "to do" list. I bet I've completed at least 10 projects that I've put off for years! Most of these are fun things...for example I'm a hobbyist woodworker so I installed a new dust collection system to make my woodworking more enjoyable and less dusty.
5) Our vacation itinerary is filling up...we have 7 vacations this year, two of which we already completed. We go to Ireland in June....that's the big one.
and the very best one....
6) It used to be that 80% of my waking time was spent wor*ing, and the other 20% playing. That has reversed itself. I still have rental properties so occasionally have to do things with those...but I'm doing so many fun things now that it's almost blissful!
Not so good
1) I'm lounging around and not getting any clothes on until about 10 AM...I've allowed myself 1 year to adjust but I don't want to be a "couch potato" long term
2) I've gained about 12 pounds...OUCH!
3) I can't do things during the week with my friends because they are all still wor*ing. And they don't want to go out at night because they have to wor* the next day! LOL
We did take out about $15k from DW's TIRA recently...first time we've taken money OUT...I must admit it was a bit odd...looking at the balance and realizing it may never be that large again (although we hope to earn more than $15k in gains before we take out another chunk). Had to take out of DW's TIRA instead of mine because she is over 59 1/2 and I did not want to use SEPP.
I'll give some credit to this board for all the info, enthusiasm, and motivation. Sorry I'm not a frequent poster, but I'll try to get on a bit more.
Gotta go....I want to do some woodworking, then drive around in my restored musclecar, then go out for a craft beer with my DW!
WOoo Hooooo!
I'm beginning to think about how this will go down. The most likely scenario is that we'll put our home here up for sale in late summer or early fall (depending on our new home's construction progress) and I'll just go in to the office the next day and give a week's notice.
I have occasionally considered offering to continue to work, but remotely, but I hate working in the cesspool they've created there and working remotely won't make anything better. Besides, my manager clued me into a secret, that the company set a deadline of September 30 to eliminate all remote employees (yet they aren't eliminating contractors who work remotely in India - what silly nonsense).
I'm hoping for a layoff or some way to prompt them to fire me (without cause). That would be so much cleaner and I could try to find a new job where our new home is while collecting unemployment. However, the last layoff was just a couple of months ago, and I doubt that they'd let me go during the next layoff regardless.
It's a bit of a shame, in my mind, that my career is petering out like this rather than having gone out on a high, but that ship sailed when megacorp RIF'ed me in 2017 before we were anywhere near ready to retire.
EastWest Gal
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5 work days left. I work 11 12-hr shifts per month. They are often bunched together. My last day is May 2nd. I have a concert that night, so I’ll have no chance for goodbyes that day.
The medical director who talked me into coming back and who now has a national position is leaving mid-May. Everyone I worked with 5 years ago has moved on to other hospitals, even other states. Two of my favorite nurses are retiring too.
Moving on will be an immense relief. It doesn’t feel like a career anymore, just a job.
The medical director who talked me into coming back and who now has a national position is leaving mid-May. Everyone I worked with 5 years ago has moved on to other hospitals, even other states. Two of my favorite nurses are retiring too.
Moving on will be an immense relief. It doesn’t feel like a career anymore, just a job.
Out of Steam
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Have requested a September 30th retirement date. So, looking like it will be 2019.
Montecfo
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Congrats on your decision. Sure sounds like it is the right one for you.
Glide77rocks
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Proud member of the Class of 2019
Finished out 37+ years on March 29, 2019. Just hit 60, Wife 58.
Retirement is everything I had hoped it would be!!! Going to be awesome.
Finished out 37+ years on March 29, 2019. Just hit 60, Wife 58.
Retirement is everything I had hoped it would be!!! Going to be awesome.
