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After 15.5 months of glorious retirement I was asked to come back (to work - horrors) part-time for a year. I almost didn't do it, but they made it so lucrative that I jumped. Paying me more than when I worked full-time! And instead of paying insanely high retiree medical benefit premiums, I...

Hang in there. Sometimes it will feel like those days will never pass and then all of a sudden you are set free! I will be watching for your declaration of freedom!

Today is my 4th day of retirement. I can't believe how relaxed I feel. I feel like a bird let out of a cage.

I didn't want DH to start SS early but all the neighborhood retirees did, so without researching or talking to me, he filed. :( Our SS benefits are about equal so I don't plan to take mine until 70 now. This forum has gone a long way in validating my retirement plan (anxiety is way down) and...

Congratulations! I, too, am counting the hours to a new life. Welcome to the forum and the ER Class of 2014.

Now that retirement is 14 days away, I am wondering if how many people lost weight once they were unchained from a desk. I commuted down the hall (telecommunted) for that last 8 years and worked an average of 10.5 hours a day. I promised my Dr. that once retired I will be more active.....so...

Once a day, Members Mark (Sam's Club) and have been for a year. Has made a huge difference in regularity/elimination. Can't imagine going without it.

I finally got Quicken to see how much and where the $$ was going. 2013 will go down in history as an expensive year. Knowing that retirement will be 12/31/13 we did some needed house repairs, prepaid the bulk of 2014 travel, etc. I think we will close out the year in the $130K - $140K range...

Wow! Thank you all for your responses. It helps to hear that I am not the only one who found entering retirement nerve wracking. I am sure in a year from now I will be embarrassed about this post. BTW, I have found this website to be enormously educational. Thanks to all how have so freely...

Hi Everyone, I stumbled on Early Retirement.org while looking for sites that will help me feel more secure about my imminent (12-31-13) retirement. This site is fabulous! I am just 59 years old; my DH is 62.5. We have $3M in investments (55% equities and 45% bond), house paid off about 7...