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Retirement - when to take that step (leap?)
ebastler:
I find the turn this thread took a bit depressing. It seems to tell me that once you are done thinking about retirement plans, you start thinking about your impending death. :(
BILLPOD:
I retired 17 years ago, at age 59. I was in HEAVEN! I did whatever I felt like doing. I went golfing, or fishing, or shooting at the range. I would stop at the pub for a pint whenever I got thirsty. And I still found the time to prepare dinner for 'Mother', as she was still working, (like Ex-vice President Mike Pence, I have always referred to my wife as Mother). Then she retired and my 'unsupervised relaxation' came to an end. Then my days were spent working on the 'Honey Do' list, but I occasionally escaped to enjoy a few hours of freedom. I am now 76 and health issues pretty much keep me home-bound, but I enjoyed my life for a few years, and even though I never disliked my job, I have NEVER missed it.
watchmaker:
--- Quote from: ebastler on March 21, 2024, 06:51:26 pm ---I find the turn this thread took a bit depressing. It seems to tell me that once you are done thinking about retirement plans, you start thinking about your impending death. :(
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I actually have measured my life against my death for many years. It enabled me to focus on the things that matter and to be measured in the way I am with others. It was only a generation or so ago that death and dying were part of family life.
And FWIW, I am very comfortable with simply becoming recycled atomic matter. But my son in law had the balls to ask me to not talk about this stuff in front of my daughter. Good man.
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: ebastler on March 21, 2024, 06:51:26 pm ---I find the turn this thread took a bit depressing. It seems to tell me that once you are done thinking about retirement plans, you start thinking about your impending death. :(
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Maybe that should be motivation to make retirement plans before you're old.
dietert1:
Regards, Dieter
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