Floridatennisplayer
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- May 3, 2014
- Messages
- 485
Pre retirement I spent a lot of time here asking you all questions........are all the retirement calculators right
?? Can I do it even though all of them say yes. Thank you for all the support and advice.
It’s like the kid who is afraid to jump off the diving board. So much turmoil! I now see new posters with the same concerns. Then the kid finally jumps off, swims back and jumps off the board another 50 times having the time of his life and thinks ...I could have done this all along.
Once the plug was pulled, zero reservations, zero concerns! Honestly, it has never crossed my mind again.
I am having the time of my life. I’ve been so busy that this is my first post since then! I’m on the tennis courts every day for an hour and a half. Then over to see my grandkids every day. They live in the cul-de-sac behind us. Ok, I’m there 3 or 4 times a day. I just can’t resist them. I walk home and an hour later I’m missing them. Nuts huh.
So carefree is the word that sums it up best. I’m like Robby here in blow that dough. My 2013 CLS 63 was too tight with the car seats in the back. So.....what the heck, I traded it in May for a new release 2020 GLE 350. Just a beast with tons of room.
In February I went to LA to visit my buddy who was the lead guitar player for A major headliner. He put me up at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel for 10 days. He does session work for everyone and I mean everyone. I met so many people in the studio. Well, he got me a a 1099 deal doing session work. They send me a song and I add the guitar licks or acoustic part and send it back. Takes me less than 3 hours a month. I get a check each month. I’ve contracted with them to only pay me the $1,470 monthly allowed until my full retirement age as I started SS in May.
I love retirement.
?? Can I do it even though all of them say yes. Thank you for all the support and advice. It’s like the kid who is afraid to jump off the diving board. So much turmoil! I now see new posters with the same concerns. Then the kid finally jumps off, swims back and jumps off the board another 50 times having the time of his life and thinks ...I could have done this all along.
Once the plug was pulled, zero reservations, zero concerns! Honestly, it has never crossed my mind again.
I am having the time of my life. I’ve been so busy that this is my first post since then! I’m on the tennis courts every day for an hour and a half. Then over to see my grandkids every day. They live in the cul-de-sac behind us. Ok, I’m there 3 or 4 times a day. I just can’t resist them. I walk home and an hour later I’m missing them. Nuts huh.
So carefree is the word that sums it up best. I’m like Robby here in blow that dough. My 2013 CLS 63 was too tight with the car seats in the back. So.....what the heck, I traded it in May for a new release 2020 GLE 350. Just a beast with tons of room.
In February I went to LA to visit my buddy who was the lead guitar player for A major headliner. He put me up at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel for 10 days. He does session work for everyone and I mean everyone. I met so many people in the studio. Well, he got me a a 1099 deal doing session work. They send me a song and I add the guitar licks or acoustic part and send it back. Takes me less than 3 hours a month. I get a check each month. I’ve contracted with them to only pay me the $1,470 monthly allowed until my full retirement age as I started SS in May.
I love retirement.
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