OT: Finishing the rat race - going part time. -slowing down
03-02-2018, 07:19 PM
#32
Rennlist Member
I'm in the thick of it and very happy with the plan. I think it comes down to the BIG # 1 and thats health. The money is not that big a deal. I spent decades in the security business and I realized I lost the passion after years of listening to and seeing the same misery. So I set a goal for myself, something completely removed from the previous journey, a retirement project that would be something special and it's underway just outside of Huntsville. I'd heard it's the journey not so much the destination and I couldn't agree more. Along the way I've found great driving roads with little to no traffic so thats helpful in the journey.
03-02-2018, 09:04 PM
#34
Drifting
Thread Starter
I went to Costco with the wife and had a hotdog and we split a Sunday, then bought some groceries...
Then I made a bacon wrapped meatloaf and rewatched the last half of batman vs superman in preparation for watching justice league with the family...
Tidied up a bit in the basement, sorting through stuff I've accumulated in the past 25 years...
Now at my son's major peewee game in Orangeville
03-02-2018, 09:04 PM
#35
Now, how can I masssage things to make this new budget impact me less.......not sure why they call him honourable when it should be horrible mr morneau and his boy toy justin..........lets just give it all to the ones who have no get up and go and just want to smoke pot......oh was that my outside voice.
03-06-2018, 02:17 AM
#36
Burning Brakes
Now, how can I masssage things to make this new budget impact me less.......not sure why they call him honourable when it should be horrible mr morneau and his boy toy justin..........lets just give it all to the ones who have no get up and go and just want to smoke pot......oh was that my outside voice.
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03-08-2018, 05:07 PM
#37
Burning Brakes
I'll consider scaling back or retiring when I reach 70 or so, retiring before that seems a bit pathetic to me!!
03-08-2018, 09:38 PM
#38
Rennlist Member
If you can reduce your work week, do it. You'll never regret it.
I'm 58, retired at 53, so I guess I took the pathetic route. Now, my days are mine (or my wife's). I still need and crave mentally-challenging projects, but I get to define them. Travel, woodworking, rebuilding motorcycles, tinkering with cars, looking forward to teaching my grandson which end of a wrench to hold, how to strike an arc, and what all the other tools in Grampie's shop are for. Retiring is the best thing I've done, and I found I'm pretty good at it.
I'm 58, retired at 53, so I guess I took the pathetic route. Now, my days are mine (or my wife's). I still need and crave mentally-challenging projects, but I get to define them. Travel, woodworking, rebuilding motorcycles, tinkering with cars, looking forward to teaching my grandson which end of a wrench to hold, how to strike an arc, and what all the other tools in Grampie's shop are for. Retiring is the best thing I've done, and I found I'm pretty good at it.
03-09-2018, 12:54 AM
#39
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03-09-2018, 10:57 AM
#41
, was just really quoting Jerry.
03-09-2018, 05:49 PM
#43