I’ll tell you my experience about “doing something that matters” and this is my own personal experience not meant to cast a shadow on anyone else.I still have voices telling me I need to "do something that matters."
Congrats!!!I just passed my 3 year anniversary.
The money part has been pretty easy.
The what to do part has been pretty easy.
The only hard part is I now realize I have 3 less years to enjoy the best years of my life.
Congratulations on 3 years. It does go fast. I can still remember my exit interview at Megacorp, turning in my badge and walking out with a pile of papers talking about all the wonderful retiree benefits I had to look forward to.
out with a friend who has known me for years. At dinner she “scolded” me for not volunteering somewhere were I could help an organization with all my years of business experience. I kinda felt bad for a few days, she was right. I am not paying it forward.
My role now is to entertain people at the winery and love my wife and dog. I am in the 4th season of working in the wine industry.
I’ll tell you my experience about “doing something that matters” and this is my own personal experience not meant to cast a shadow on anyone else.
About two weeks after retiring from owning/managing/being at the end of where the buck stops of my business, I took a “what the hell” job working at a winery - we live next to an AVA with 36+ wineries. I thought it would be fun and last two weeks at most. However, it took me in another direction, part tour guide for my newly chosen home that we recently moved to, part social butterfly, part fulfilling my inner wine geek.
Flash forward a couple months, out with a friend who has known me for years. At dinner she “scolded” me for not volunteering somewhere were I could help an organization with all my years of business experience. I kinda felt bad for a few days, she was right. I am not paying it forward.
I returned to the winery a few days later and relayed my story to a co worker 15 years my junior. She set it all straight. She said “you worked your whole f…n life, you deserve to have fun”. Frankly that is all I needed.
I created six figure income jobs for people, gave them health insurance, 401ks, company cars, respected and appreciated them. Its my time now. I did my part.
My role now is to entertain people at the winery and love my wife and dog. I am in the 4th season of working in the wine industry.
Congrats!
I am at my 5 year anniversary retiring at 55.
Money part has been easy (Net worth has increased 16% since I stopped working).
Keeping busy has also been easy thanks to a lot of work on the house and a busy travel schedule.
But life does throw you curveballs - I got diagnosed with prostate cancer 10/22 and spent the first half of this year getting treatment. Thankfully it had not spread but it was a reminder to that nothing is as important as your health. You cant win the game if you're dead!
Congrats Cheesehead.
I recently passed 4 1/2 years.
I've become inefficient, lazy, absolutely hate setting an alarm clock, play too many video games, watch too much tv and take way too many naps.
God I love retirement [emoji16]
Yep, every day is a gift. Use it wisely.
Sequence of return risk scared me a lot so I did much research on it prior to retiring because I knew I was pulling out at a market high which if managed correctly is OK. If managed poorly, can be a problem
What were your conclusions from your research?