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I'm not ready

RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
I will be 67 December 9 and the 31st will be my last day of work. I hit the road when I was 12 years old and have known nothing but work ever since. I have many emotions but the strongest is fear. I don't know why. My pay check goes in the savings every week and I get $1.854.00 a month from SS which we live on very well. Pension goes in the bank too. I'm not rich by any means but I have saved very well. The thought of not having a steady pay check every week scares hell out of me. I guess being born into the poorest of the poor may have something to do with my mind set. If I had changed jobs a few times or been laid off I probably would feel different but I have never been out of work. Every one keeps telling me I deserve to retire but it don't help. Well I have whined enough. Think I will go job hunting! [:(]
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I came from a somewhat poor family, went to college (I paid the loan), spent 8 years and 9 months in the Navy, then 30 years with the same defense electronics firm. At 60 I was ready to retire and enjoy what time my wife and I have left. That was 2 ? years ago and I don't regret making that decision and we remain very active, just not working for pay! I admit there was some apprehension, but after the pension checks started hitting the bank and realizing what we had in our IRA all that concern seemed to vanish! Then Social Security at 62 was just icing on the cake and my wife will start receiving Social Security next year.

    Good luck and enjoy your freedom! Don't let fear and apprehension cause you mental and physical stress!

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • River RatRiver Rat Member Posts: 9,022 ✭
    edited November -1
    You are retiring from your career, and nobody says you can't find another job. Find something fun, that you don't have to worry about the money, and do it -- but not full-time. You still need time for grandkids and fishing. And shooting!
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Rosie,

    I've never known of one man to retire and not have those same fears. All of them have told me later it was the best thing they could have done.

    On the other hand, my father had made more money than he could spend in three life times, yet he would not retire out of those same fears. He died never knowing a day without work or how to relax. I miss the time we could have spent together if he had only retired and taken life a little easier,

    Lastly, the ones that really have a good and long retirement are the ones who continue to have a daily schedule and stay active. They still work, just at the things they enjoy most.

    Do it, you deserve it, but stay active and enjoy what God has planned for you, the wife, the kids and the grandkids!

    God bless you and yours in a life well deserved.

    Danny
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,046 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    THE ONLY TIME TO RETIRE IS WHEN YOUR HOBBIES START TO TAKE UP ALL OF YOUR TIME[8D]
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  • HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    Bless yu for your service, and for your looong work life, Rosie - it is kinda like Getting Married, or the first time you bought a House or land...if you wanna be totally ready, you will never get there!

    C'mon in, the water's fine! I retarded at age 51, 'cause of a friend who was always "gonna retire - next year" ...and died while getting ready to. I took the first chance I could - got too much living to do to still be working. Have been retarded for nearly 5 years now, and it looks like it was good that I did. Had a year with the Daughter before she went off to the USAF, was home all the time to help the wife recover from new knee (she went Bionic on me - Titanium and Teflon), and have been having fun spoiling the Nephew and Niece. Am being nominated to be on the Board of my local Gun Club, Volunteering for the Minutemen, working on my Ham Radio hobby, making Kites and Banners, doing Gardening that I never did, and more and more! Sheesh, I am so busy now, I can't see straight!
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  • Queen of SwordsQueen of Swords Member Posts: 14,355
    edited November -1
    As a wise friend once told me, "If you are waiting for the "right time" in your life to do anything important, then it's never going to happen, because the time will never be "right."
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  • rustyhrustyh Member Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congratulations on having a choice. You should be proud of your efforts. Good luck with the next "job". Pick a good one.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,535 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now your talking. Retire. Your ready you just don't know it. I walked out of the Machine shop at 36 yrs. old. Sick and tired of working for stupid people. Went out on my own and don't regret it. Courage and belief in yourself will prevail. You are skilled trade? No worry, jobs are plentiful for educated people.
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  • iluvgunsiluvguns Member Posts: 5,351
    edited November -1
    Rosie...don't look back, just do it. My FIL put in 40 years at a chemical plant. Finally decided to retire. He was able to enjoy only one year of it before his pancreatic cancer set in. For the past 2 years, it has been nothing but hell. Enjoy it while you can.
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  • bigcitybillbigcitybill Member Posts: 4,914 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You have to retire before you die because every other elsewise, if you don't, you can't [;)]
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  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Grandma got cancer the year she was to retire, She suffered for the next six years. Grandpa and grandpa never got to enjoy what they had work so hard for.
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  • PlotzkyPlotzky Member Posts: 281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:As a wise friend once told me, "If you are waiting for the "right time" in your life to do anything important, then it's never going to happen, because the time will never be "right."

    Your Welcome...!...[;)]
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    everyone i know felt close to the same, but after awhile their attitude changed to "what the hell was i thinking", and just enjoy life, you'll be 67 you apparently don't "need" a paycheck heck leave some room for for guy that does

    i can't wait till "what do i want to eat" becomes the most traumatic part of my day
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  • dgacdgac Member Posts: 694 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well Rosie I'm 22 only 50 more year till I retire and probably will never be able to retire the way this world is going. You earned the right to do whatever the hell you want. I girlfriends grandpa retired and 2 months later he was working at the local Ace Hardware. Get a part time job you like. Digging post holes or carring heavy lumber....I got it learn to lay concrete blocks. Ok just tring to get a smile out of you. But then when you want to do something go do it. In my area 1854.00 a month is better than most get working. Get a hobby going to yard sales. I know it might sound lame but just buy stuff that you can resell on ebay or gunbroker. You might go a while with nothing good but you always seem to find something cool or at least will make you a couple of bucks.....or fill your house to the ceiling with useless crap. They just go out and shot it up with a 22 rifle. It more fun than most think.

    dgac
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Depending on your district.

    School bus driver.
    It is part time.
    You are around...youth. (sometimes it rubs off)
    You can be a valued mentor.

    Gets you out of the house. (wife might appreciate this [}:)][;)][:D])
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This will make three very hard things I have done in my life. The first was when I was a young man I had to do things that was very traumatic and I have the mental and physical scars from it. The second was a divorce and I have the mental scars from that. This will be the third. Funny thing. My wife don't seem to understand but just crying on the shoulders of you guys and gals seems to put my mind at ease a little. My heart felt thanks for taking the time to reply.
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rosie- my Dad started work when he was 13, and never missed a day except for a broken leg and a bout with pneumonia. Was really worried about him when he retired- but he found a hobby he really liked that generated enuff to pay for itself- and he was really happy wih that. I have retired from 3 careers- and will retire from the 4th soon. However, I will not be idle- I'll be acting as a mentor to folks just coming out of school, and going into the field. You have been a CDL for some time- think there are some youngsters out there that could really use what you know? When you do it because you LIKE to do it, it is a lot different from HAVING to do it. Good luck-
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rosie
    This will make three very hard things I have done in my life. The first was when I was a young man I had to do things that was very traumatic and I have the mental and physical scars from it. The second was a divorce and I have the mental scars from that. This will be the third. Funny thing. My wife don't seem to understand but just crying on the shoulders of you guys and gals seems to put my mind at ease a little. My heart felt thanks for taking the time to reply.


    Rosie,

    You're going to be a very happy man when you figure out everythings okay and you can enjoy your retirement. And, if there is one man on the face of the earth that deserves it, it's you![^]

    Happy sailing![;)]
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    Something you would really like to do?? See if you can get paid doing it. Be choosy. I'm only 60 (young pup!!), and I've been retired for four years. You can pick and choose your path from now on. Best, Joe
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  • victorlvlbvictorlvlb Member Posts: 5,004
    edited November -1
    I've been on the retired list for over a year and a half. The first two months were the hardest. I couldn't see to well so i got my right eye fixed. Then I started fixing up the house. The part of you that keeps you on the save, save that money will soon stop. Once you see that you can live well on so much a week, you can start figuring on what you can spend the extra money on, the things you enjoy. Its not like you retire and have tons of time to do as you wish. You'll find yourself wondering how you had time to go to work. I used to be able to cut the grass in the front and back yard in one day. I now mow the front yard one day and rest a day before mowing the back yard.
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  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes Zulu7, I have watched so much Sponge Bob with my grand babies I have started to like him too! [:D]
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Let us know when the retirement party is....
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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  • FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Fear not and enjoy your retirement.
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