Move me up to January in the next update.
And take me off the list. I'm now graduating in 2013.
Move me up to January in the next update.
OK. But, we need a picture of you with your tongue out.
Well, no tongue out picture, but inspired by a nudge from Nords via PM I have started a countdown (including a countdown widget on my phone) to the day I quit. I have chosen January 2, since I should be in the office that day, but will have to double check with DW. That puts me 132 days out. On the road the next couple of weeks for work, but since there is little actual work to be done my buddy and I will spend most of the time in the woods.
T minus 52 weeks, as of today. It's a milestone of sorts; it feels good to reach that one-year-to-go mark.
Excellent!Well, no tongue out picture, but inspired by a nudge from Nords via PM I have started a countdown (including a countdown widget on my phone) to the day I quit. I have chosen January 2, since I should be in the office that day, but will have to double check with DW. That puts me 132 days out.
Hey...don't forget me! 1/1/2014! There's going to be a boatload of people retiring in my shop in the next 5 years. Baby Boomers. Around 11 out of 25 people.
Say a person had 1 mm in retirement savings and their projected retirement spending was $30k per year. That equals a 3% withdrawal rate. If they worked another year and saved $25k, they would then have $1025000 in retirement savings. Using the same 3% withdrawal rate, the yearly withdrawal would be $30,750 per year. This means that the person would spend another year at work for only $750 more in spending per year in retirementHelp me understand that.... I need some incentive and clarity. Believe me, I am ready....---Nomad
One more thing-- as I try to finalize I am plagued with the one more year thing. Any advice? --- Nomad
Try reading this thread; see if it helps:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f29/handling-the-just-one-more-year-syndrome-20091.html
I would think feeling a sense of loss would be normal. Maybe everyone expects to feel excited and enthused, but retirement also means the end of something that has been a big part of your life for a long time. Seems to me, I would feel a sense of loss with that, even if I wasn't fond of the job. I had no doubt that my divorce was a good decision, but it still made me sad. Endings always make me sad.
I would think feeling a sense of loss would be normal. Maybe everyone expects to feel excited and enthused, but retirement also means the end of something that has been a big part of your life for a long time. Seems to me, I would feel a sense of loss with that, even if I wasn't fond of the job. I had no doubt that my divorce was a good decision, but it still made me sad. Endings always make me sad.
Add me to the Class of 2014!!! I had the retirement talk with the President of the company today and we will be finalizing plans in the next weeks. Surprisingly, I have a feeling of loss or let down as opposed to be the excitement I thought I would feel. Maybe it's just that I've been planning, thinking and talking about it for so long that it hasn't sunk in yet.