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Today is my last day as full time employee. Early into my 36 year long career I decided to make it a goal to retire at 62. Ms Tonebender and I worked the plan diligently. This was the target year. I plan to take some time off and then do something part time, no more than 2-3 days a week. That should be enough to keep it interesting. Ms Tonebender is three years behind me so I will need to keep busy until she can join me in full retirement.

62! Holy crap I'm going to be 57 and cant picture taking another yr. Congratulations.

Congrats! Enjoy your time.

I can see that light approaching, but it is still a bit distant.

Enjoy it Tonebender!

tonebender wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:34 am Today is my last day as full time employee. Early into my 36 year long career I decided to make it a goal to retire at 62. Ms Tonebender and I worked the plan diligently. This was the target year. I plan to take some time off and then do something part time, no more than 2-3 days a week. That should be enough to keep it interesting. Ms Tonebender is three years behind me so I will need to keep busy until she can join me in full retirement.

Congratulations! I'm predicting a seriously high post count here over the next 3 years

Congrats Jeff! I have a hard time believing you're 62 after meeting you but if you insist.

Happy for you TB. I hope it all goes even better than you could imagine or dream!

Love it when a plan comes together. Enjoy it Jeff, there are those who are busier in retirement than when they had a job. This is mainly because they have time to do what they really want.

Mine was the happiest day of my life as I have repeated many times.
Here's hoping yours is equally happy.

Jeff you will really be retired when you start asking questions like Maggie Smith does in this clip:

Thanks [mention]RiverDog[/mention],it's the clean living of a rock n roll life!!

[mention]mickey[/mention] Everyday is now Saturday! At least for a little while.

Congratulations! In this year of "unplanned" retirements, it is great to hear of one going according to schedule.

Congrats!

Congrats! In a world where people are extending there working years into 70+ range so frequently, it's great to hear that you were able to execute on your plan to retire at 62.

Congrats!

I have visions of tonebender spending long hours with his Gibsons, riding his Harley's, and spending quality time with the beautiful Ms. Tonebender and the bengal cats. Now that sounds like a nice life.

Enjoy it. I retired 13 years ago at 59. Time to do so many things that I had always wanted to do. Busy with hobbies, projects and a lot of golf and playing guitars of course. Never bored.

I always say it is the best 'job' I have ever had, just took a long time to get it. Freedom of time is one of the best benefits. Much like being a school kid off for the summer (but with no going back to school in the fall).

My wife still works as she is quite a bit younger than me (just turned 60 last month). Since this COVID thing started she has worked on the COVID unit at the hospital that she has worked at for the past 40+ years.

Awesome notice, happy for you!

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Congrats - The years fly by so embrace the embraceable!

Well, that's that …
I started my usual seasonal layoff just before last Xmas, with the anticipation of going back beginning of February (6 hrs a day 3 days a week plant sales). Then Covid -19 struck—I turn 78 at the end of this month ( &*^%!!?), and my wife said "Do you really want to go back?"
The pittance I received was nonetheless a help, but since I've been getting UK Pension alongside SS (and she also gets 60% of my UK$$), we've been keeping our heads above water, especially as not getting out as much has really cut down on impulse buying (wine doesn't count!!)

So yesterday I went into work and pulled the plug—my boss was fine with it as she was concerned for me as a high-risk case, my having had a triple bypass some years ago. In some ways I'll miss it, made some some good friends among the customers and so on, but honestly …?
As my father said when he retired "I don't know how I ever had the time to work!"

Been doing lots of work around garden and house, working on my second jazz guitar mystery novel (note to self—get off butt and publish first one …),practicing guitar, spending many happy hours on this forum, and assembling a partscaster fretted bass to go with my fretless. Yesterday I got a set of nutslot saw rods from GeetarGizmos (only $10 or$12) as the E string is way high, and a 4-inch real leather strap should be here today.

Sat up late and watched a really interesting bass clinic on YouTube, which would be good for all musicians to watch < some thought-provoking ideas, check it out …

congrats, here to a long and happy retirement.

May you always keep the rubber side down.

Way to show us all the way! now don't go missing the daily grind too much

This was posted before you went to work. How did quitting time feel like?

Congratulations on the multitude of 5/8ths finished projects you'll be working on. What are your top three priorities out of the gate?
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Vot is ziss "daily grind" off vich you are shpeaking?
I always approached my job in the manner of, as it says in my Mexican Spanish slang book "Yo hago como que trabajo, porque mi jefe hace como si me pagara", which basically means "I pretend to work because my boss pretends to pay me"

Awesome!! Congratulations!!!

As I've written here before, I'm currently retired at 54.

Last fulltime job I had ended in December 2017 when I was laid off. I freelanced for a while but only a couple of months in the past year and a half. I love it! Love the freedom.

I may go back to school. May try a second career. May try a part-time job. Who knows? A lot will depend on finances.

I am a big fan of retirement and early retirement and have been proselytizing for years....