I'm not over 55, but I believe there is one-- and it's 100% effective. As John Galt has already hinted, it's called "dying".Is there a rehab out there for those addicted to working?
All of the above. It's a parttime job with interesting, nice people, helps college students with learning disbilities get going at the college level, and we need the money for a few years to supplement my husband's reduced CSRS retirement after he was involuntarily retired sooner than we expected.If you are 55 or older and working, are you working because you want to, need to, or just for something to do?
Lanie
This could be one of your greatest retirement assets. Support her in any way you can!And I cannot stop my wife from being a teacher, on vacation trips to Fiji, Rarotonga and the Marqueses she still managed to visit schools and make friends.
He is eligible to retire at 56 on FERS.
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We'll probably take some time off and travel when he's 56 (pursue all those dreams of visiting Australia, NZ, S. Africa national parks), and come back and each do part-time work to supplement our income.
I will be 55 later in 05 and become retirement eligible courtesy of the Federal CSRS system. As the house is paid off and I have enough in various savings I am ready to go except for two things. My wife expects to retire in 06 at 58 years old on a fairly meager teachers pension. I do not think it is a good idea for me to retire first.
Sure, "big trips" are not required to have fun. Neither is fishing, guitars, riding around on motorbikes, stereo gear, fancy food, sports events or any of the other "hobby" things those of us here enjoy. Of course, if we cut out all of those things that we enjoy then what are we retiring to? You're not arguing for a monastic retirement based on meditation and contemplation are you? Most of us are wanting to retire early to have the time to do the things we enjoy and for some of us that is travel.This is for Hyperborea and naturegal, and anyone else
who thinks you need "big trips" to have "fun". It is just
not so. Now, if you want to do it that way, it's okay with me,
no matter what your reasons.
I've travelled a fair bit for business (US, Europe, Asia) and I think it's yes and no. The trips where someone else was paying always come with strings that interfere with what I want to do. In my trip to India I got to stay in an incredible hotel in Mumbai/Bombay (the Leela Kempinski - 5 stars) but I was stuck way up by the airport (a good distance north of the city) which meant that I couldn't get anywhere in the evenings and I was lucky to get one day on either end of the business stuff to head into the city. The business trips are good only for a "quick taste" but travelling around on your own and experiencing the culture as much as you can is different.The trips where
I wasn't paying were generally always better though
Besides, what is "big trips"? In my mind, it is the trips that require more time
Cutthroat:Yup, you're right here Hyper!
I am planning my New Mexico Trout fishing trip presently. It won't cost that much money, but it will take me 3 days to get down there and 3 days to get back. A week of traveling, just to fish. I would never have done this while I was working. Waste a whole week on the road! No, I would have flown in, rented a car - and by the time I got there, it would have been difficult to tell from one of my business trips.
Now I am looking forward to it! - This will be one of the first trips I have taken since retired that it will feel like I'm 'really' retired
The big benefit, is that I don't know when I'm leaving and I don't know when I'm coming back. I'm gonna watch the weather and take off when the weather and fishing is favorable. I may stop off at some National Parks that I have not been to yet also. Can't do that very well when you fly, rent a car etc. etc.
Yup, you're right here Hyper!
I am planning my New Mexico Trout fishing trip presently. It won't cost that much money, but it will take me 3 days to get down there and 3 days to get back. A week of traveling, just to fish. I would never have done this while I was working. Waste a whole week on the road! No, I would have flown in, rented a car - and by the time I got there, it would have been difficult to tell from one of my business trips.
Now I am looking forward to it! - This will be one of the first trips I have taken since retired that it will feel like I'm 'really' retired
The big benefit, is that I don't know when I'm leaving and I don't know when I'm coming back. I'm gonna watch the weather and take off when the weather and fishing is favorable. I may stop off at some National Parks that I have not been to yet also. Can't do that very well when you fly, rent a car etc. etc.
Hey cut throat: Where will you be going fshing in NM? I am headed there in April and would love some inside skinny.