2 Months
Well it's now been two months since I retired. One week after retiring my old company announced it was phasing health care out for all retirees. 3 weeks after retiring my old company announced that it was ending any future contributions to their retirement fund but would make up the difference by raising the 'matching' 401K contribution by 1 to 2 percent (so generous ;o). Recently the company was taken off of the NYSE for failure to maintain a price over a dollar and failure to maintain market cap over 25 mill. Now trading on the Pink List at about 25 cents. The good news is that the check for the lump sum cleared!
Bottom line - besides asking my wife to marry me this was the best decision I ever made. We moved to another state -- to a very small town in the mountains. My wife is one of the town Dr's now so the health care thing isn't an issue. My stress levels are 1/5th of what they used to be, I sleep better, I'm losing weight since I no longer 'stress eat' and I continue to watch my old peers leap off the burning ship one by one. I now have the opportunity to be a house hubbie as long as I want to and look after our younger daughter.
I don't miss the old life for one second ;O)
Well it's now been two months since I retired. One week after retiring my old company announced it was phasing health care out for all retirees. 3 weeks after retiring my old company announced that it was ending any future contributions to their retirement fund but would make up the difference by raising the 'matching' 401K contribution by 1 to 2 percent (so generous ;o). Recently the company was taken off of the NYSE for failure to maintain a price over a dollar and failure to maintain market cap over 25 mill. Now trading on the Pink List at about 25 cents. The good news is that the check for the lump sum cleared!
Bottom line - besides asking my wife to marry me this was the best decision I ever made. We moved to another state -- to a very small town in the mountains. My wife is one of the town Dr's now so the health care thing isn't an issue. My stress levels are 1/5th of what they used to be, I sleep better, I'm losing weight since I no longer 'stress eat' and I continue to watch my old peers leap off the burning ship one by one. I now have the opportunity to be a house hubbie as long as I want to and look after our younger daughter.
I don't miss the old life for one second ;O)