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Nothing. You are correct. But you would have more authority if you took off that funny helmet.
A German officer never removes his headgear while outdoors!
Nothing. You are correct. But you would have more authority if you took off that funny helmet.
Minter/Barman couple ( spreadsheet guy) is just not psychologically ready for retirement. Doesn't mention that he had any particular goals or activites that weren't fulfilled. It sounds as if his retirement activities became sitting in front of CNBC or the computer watching his money drain away. Not well advised for anyone, far less a prior 6-figure earner with time on his hands.
He didn't really have activities planned. It sounds like he is having major adjustment problems, the kind that go with changing from a high-earning SF guy to a guy wandering around Healdsburg. It sounds like he is truly depressed, and this could easily have been predicted. Retirement is as much a stress as unanticipated job loss or family death. He may have had a great spreadsheet, but he really needed a counselor. All the number tweaking in the world won't help if you don't really understand what motivates you in life, and how that is going to work when you suddenly don't have that successful working guy image of yourself. He also need to get a library card and start reading Bernstein, Bogle, and Ferraris books on low-cost investing and asset allocation.
So is retirement more fulfilling if one was merely a cube dweller, a small cog in a large wheel?
That's the problem with getting old: You know too much, you have too much experience, and nothing is incisive anymore.I take the WSJ and have for more the 30 years. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it. That article wasn't very incisive.
LOL, since you put it like that I kind of like getting old ! Thanks. Just past my 60th a few days ago. Don't qualify for senior status yet.That's the problem with getting old: You know too much, you have too much experience, and nothing is incisive anymore.
Just past my 60th a few days ago. Don't qualify for senior status yet.
I think the point here is that deferring retirement, regardless of age, will have them continuing to pay Medicare taxes into the system. This doesn't ease benefit payouts, but does increase program revenues.
I think you're quibbling...
REW, age 61