hakuna matata
Recycles dryer sheets
The reason I ask is that I feel I am having an atypical removal from the workforce. I am waiting until Sept of this year to be officially retired but for all intents and purposes I am right now. The reason I am waiting is that my wife needs to get her 20 years in at the city, so I have agreed to hang in there with her. But the reality of it is that I am just very slowly moving to retirement phase without really calling it retirement yet.
I have my own business but I am not actively trying to get work, but sometimes projects come in from past clients, contacts, etc. And that is okay. But I also do consulting with other Architects and I had this big project that is almost done. It is in review now and I anticipate 48-80 hours worth of work out of it eventually here within a few weeks. I have told that firm though that I am not seeking any work after those hours are used.
I haven't done anything for the past 6 weeks after a quick vacation we took and am enjoying this lifestyle. I wonder though when my Sept 30 'retirement' day actually gets here if it will be anti-climatic? Seems most people have a set date and work towards that day and have a finality about it that I won't be having. I fully anticipate that on occasion I will do a house or kitchen remodel after that date (although I am not soliciting the work), I sort of look at it as a hobby that I just happen to get paid for.
Thus on many levels, I can't relate to many of the posters here who don't like what they do for a living and/or who have a specific date and process in mind to get to FIRE. Just curious if anyone else have an atypical retirement date or process? I can't be a total outlier...right?
I have my own business but I am not actively trying to get work, but sometimes projects come in from past clients, contacts, etc. And that is okay. But I also do consulting with other Architects and I had this big project that is almost done. It is in review now and I anticipate 48-80 hours worth of work out of it eventually here within a few weeks. I have told that firm though that I am not seeking any work after those hours are used.
I haven't done anything for the past 6 weeks after a quick vacation we took and am enjoying this lifestyle. I wonder though when my Sept 30 'retirement' day actually gets here if it will be anti-climatic? Seems most people have a set date and work towards that day and have a finality about it that I won't be having. I fully anticipate that on occasion I will do a house or kitchen remodel after that date (although I am not soliciting the work), I sort of look at it as a hobby that I just happen to get paid for.
Thus on many levels, I can't relate to many of the posters here who don't like what they do for a living and/or who have a specific date and process in mind to get to FIRE. Just curious if anyone else have an atypical retirement date or process? I can't be a total outlier...right?