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Retirement - when to take that step (leap?)
coppice:
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--- 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.
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Some things you can plan for, like finances. However, the biggest changes in your life at retirement are things you can't really plan for, as they are outside the experience of most of us. If you have never had an extended period with nothing being demanded of you, how can you have any real idea how you will react when that happens? My father was an engineer with local government. They had a phase out scheme, where he worked on and off over his last year, with increasing amounts of off. That gave him a real taste of what retirement was going to be like. Most of us are unlikely to have such an option.
RAPo:
Indeed. In the Netherlands there are even courses for the partner: how to handle the situation of a person always around you ;-)
--- Quote from: coppice on March 22, 2024, 11:04:45 am ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 22, 2024, 12:59:40 am ---
--- 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.
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Some things you can plan for, like finances. However, the biggest changes in your life at retirement are things you can't really plan for, as they are outside the experience of most of us. If you have never had an extended period with nothing being demanded of you, how can you have any real idea how you will react when that happens? My father was an engineer with local government. They had a phase out scheme, where he worked on and off over his last year, with increasing amounts of off. That gave him a real taste of what retirement was going to be like. Most of us are unlikely to have such an option.
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jmelson:
--- Quote from: coppice on March 22, 2024, 11:04:45 am --- They had a phase out scheme, where he worked on and off over his last year, with increasing amounts of off. That gave him a real taste of what retirement was going to be like. Most of us are unlikely to have such an option.
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After covid, I have been working from home a LOT, which seems to work OK for my employer, as I do a lot of design work. I am LOVING it, and find it harder and harder to drag myself in to work.
Jon
coppice:
--- Quote from: jmelson on March 22, 2024, 03:44:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on March 22, 2024, 11:04:45 am --- They had a phase out scheme, where he worked on and off over his last year, with increasing amounts of off. That gave him a real taste of what retirement was going to be like. Most of us are unlikely to have such an option.
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After covid, I have been working from home a LOT, which seems to work OK for my employer, as I do a lot of design work. I am LOVING it, and find it harder and harder to drag myself in to work.
Jon
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That has very little in common with retirement. You are still expected to show up and get things done, whether that is in an office or at home. I had periods where I worked almost entirely at home 30 years ago. You are typically under greater pressure like that than in the office every day. When people are not able to directly monitor the time you put in, you really need to ensure there is no question you are pulling your weight. Retirement makes all those expectation go away. Some people react to this extremely well, finding it a wonderful relief. For others its only the expectations placed upon them that drove them forwards, and things go badly for them without that. One size most definitely does not fit all.
BILLPOD:
I REALLY wanted to see the video in Reply #44 by Deiter. Is there anyplace else I can go to see it :-//
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