waiting for this day
Confused about dryer sheets
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- Apr 6, 2011
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Hi Everyone,
Today is my 3rd day of retirement and not sure why I an feeling a tiny bit anxious.Dear wife and I have planned for this day for many years.My wife is 48 and we have been blessed with a 14 year old son who is terrific kid.
We have a small but nice home that is payed for and other than a small car payment for a couple more years(0% rate) we have no real debt.We are all in good health and try to take care of ourselves.We have 700k in financial assets mostly in retirement accounts..We are not big spenders and have allways lived below are means.My wife had wanted for me to be a stay at home dad when my son was little but I decided to stay at work and save for an early retirement.My job was okay but was dog tired at end of day and was just trying to make it to the weekend!My wife salary of 55k is enough to pay the bills and put 6% into her 401k and still have 450-500 left at the end of the month to put away for vacation or rainy day fund..We both really thought this would be an ideal arrangement.I would take over household chores(which i don't mind) and when she comes home everything would be done.I have allways enjoyed being outside whenever the weather permitted and will be home with my son for the summers ...We both golf and play tennis along with basketball..I know this is only my 3rd day but I feell like I'm somehow letting my family down by not working.Does our financial situation seem strong enough for just my wife to work?.I'm allready thinking of part time work(I tried to get part time work at my old job before I left but they don't have part time help)
and its only been 3 days.Any advise for how longs it takes to adjust to retirement?.
Today is my 3rd day of retirement and not sure why I an feeling a tiny bit anxious.Dear wife and I have planned for this day for many years.My wife is 48 and we have been blessed with a 14 year old son who is terrific kid.
We have a small but nice home that is payed for and other than a small car payment for a couple more years(0% rate) we have no real debt.We are all in good health and try to take care of ourselves.We have 700k in financial assets mostly in retirement accounts..We are not big spenders and have allways lived below are means.My wife had wanted for me to be a stay at home dad when my son was little but I decided to stay at work and save for an early retirement.My job was okay but was dog tired at end of day and was just trying to make it to the weekend!My wife salary of 55k is enough to pay the bills and put 6% into her 401k and still have 450-500 left at the end of the month to put away for vacation or rainy day fund..We both really thought this would be an ideal arrangement.I would take over household chores(which i don't mind) and when she comes home everything would be done.I have allways enjoyed being outside whenever the weather permitted and will be home with my son for the summers ...We both golf and play tennis along with basketball..I know this is only my 3rd day but I feell like I'm somehow letting my family down by not working.Does our financial situation seem strong enough for just my wife to work?.I'm allready thinking of part time work(I tried to get part time work at my old job before I left but they don't have part time help)
and its only been 3 days.Any advise for how longs it takes to adjust to retirement?.